I've been off and return to find the Covid-19 figures in France shocking. A grim record. 
From the government's Covid-19 website.
Source: gouvernement.fr/info-coronavir…
The head of the French government's scientific committee Jean-François Delfraissy believes the figures may be nearer 100,000 new cases a day, according to what he told RTL radio this morning (link for French speakers to follow).
For non French speakers, Delfraissy is saying he has come up with this figure as an estimate of those cases that are diagnosed (ie the result of positive tests) and those that remain undiagnosed because they are asymptomatic.
He also says the second wave is exceeding what he and his colleagues expected and that they are "surprised the by its brutality over the last ten days". He warns: "This second wave will certainly be stronger than the first".
He suggests two possible ways of addressing this brutal second wave:
1. A wider curfew that starts earlier and covers the weekends.
2. Another lockdown shorter and less severe than that imposed in March and similar to that in Ireland.
1. A wider curfew that starts earlier and covers the weekends.
2. Another lockdown shorter and less severe than that imposed in March and similar to that in Ireland.
Whatever political decisions and measures taken, however, must be taken rapidly, Delfraissy says.
"The quicker we take measures, the more efficient they will be...this wave is in the process of invading Europe...it will last several weeks, even one or two months."
"The quicker we take measures, the more efficient they will be...this wave is in the process of invading Europe...it will last several weeks, even one or two months."
What is the lockdown in Ireland? Details here.
theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
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