Covid In France: France registered 19,778 new cases on Tuesday. (File)
Paris:
The French government’s top scientific adviser Jean-Francois Delfraissy said on Wednesday that he could not rule out authorities asking companies to once again use more work from home, amid increase in cases of COVID-19 in France.
Asked if the French government could recommend employers ask their employees to work from home, Delfraissy told France Inter radio: “Perhaps yes … working from home is one thing… of the elements in our toolbox.”
Governments around the world have used working from home as a way to limit the circulation of the COVID virus, although working from home has also affected economic activity due to fewer people being present in the country. shops and businesses in the commercial district.
France can “probably” deal with a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections, especially if people adhere to anti-COVID restrictions such as wearing masks and social distancing, and if those who have not been vaccinated vaccinated or if a third booster dose is given. has been rolled out to claimants, he added.
“I remain cautiously optimistic… We have the tools to limit the impact of this fifth wave but it will be tough on a weary hospital system,” Delfraissy said, predicting that Daily hospitalizations for COVID-19 could rise to 1,000-1,200 a day by early December.
The French Ministry of Health registered 19,778 new cases on Tuesday, the highest increase in 24 hours since August 25, bringing France’s total for the period of the pandemic to 7.31 million.
France’s COVID-19 death toll is now 91,345.
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