“We were right to not reimpose a lockdown in France at the end of January, because the (epidemic) explosion all the models predicted dit not take place,” he said. France imposed a “lockdown light” in 16 départements including Paris and its suburbs on March 20th, and expanded the list to another three départements on Thursday. But scientists and hospital chiefs are growing increasingly frustrated and angry at the slow pace of action. “When we look at where we are now, I don’t see how we can avoid a total lockdown,” epidemiologist Dominique Costagliola told France Info on Friday morning. Epidemiologist Catherine Hill said: “We’re going straight into the wall.”“(Hospitals) are already extremely saturated, so it will become completely untenable”, she told France Info.

Source: The Local March 26, 2021 08:15 UTC