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French hospitals to move into crisis mode over possible surge of COVID-19 cases: Report



The French Health Ministry has asked regional health agencies and hospitals to go into "crisis organisation" from Feb 18 to prepare for a possible surge in coronavirus cases
due to highly contagious variants, Le Journal Du Dimanche reported on Sunday (Feb 14).

The move, which would echo measures taken in March and November 2020 when France went into national lockdowns, involves increasing the number of hospital beds
available, delaying non-urgent surgery and mobilising all medical staff resources.

"This crisis organisation must be implemented in each region, regardless of the level of hospital stress and must be operational from Thursday, Feb 18," health authority
DGS said in a memo cited by the newspaper.

The DGS was not immediately available for comment to Reuters.

France reported 21,231 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday, slightly up from 20,701 on Friday, taking the total cumulative number in France to 3,448,617,
the sixth-highest in the world.

In contrast with some of its neighbours who are struggling to control more contagious variants, France has resisted resorting to a new lockdown, hoping a national
curfew in place since Dec 15, first at 8pm, then at 6pm, will contain the pandemic.

Some scientists, however, believe President Emmanuel Macron took a gamble in deciding against a new lockdown despite the threat of highly contagious variants.

At the same time, France trails behind several other European countries, such as Britain, in rolling out vaccinations.

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