4th wave hits France, tougher sanctions announced

A fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has hit France which is spreading at lightning speed, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said and also announced tougher sanctions on non-compliance with the health pass rules.

We are seeing a wave faster than all the previous ones,” Attal said while addressing a press conference late on Monday.

He noted that the incidence rate has spiked by nearly 125 per cent in one week, “an increase so strong, so sudden that we had never known since the beginning of the epidemic in our country”, reports Xinhua news agency.

“For several days we have crossed the threshold of 10,000 positive cases every day. This virus contaminates at lightning speed.”

The Delta variant now accounts for 80 per cent of the overall infections in France, he added.

The overall caseload and death toll currently stood at 5,931,923 and 111,678.

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