France Experiencing Start Of Fifth Wave Of COVID Epidemic – Minister

PARIS, France – France is at the beginning of a fifth wave of the coronavirus epidemic, Health Minister Oliver Veran said on Wednesday.

‘Several neighboring countries are already in a fifth wave of the COVID epidemic, what we are experiencing in France clearly looks like the beginning of a fifth wave’, Veran said on TF1 television, adding the circulation of the virus was accelerating.

The health ministry registered 11,883 new cases on Wednesday, the second day in a row with a new case tally over 10,000. New cases have seen double – digit percentage increases week – on – week since around mid – October.

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