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of the progress that we’d achieved in the ˽rst weeks of lockdown.”
locals reported to be making less of
an effort to self isolate if they are
infected, health officials noted.
French authorities have called for
a “collective discipline,” across the
country, asking residents to work from
home and to get tested if they have any
suspicions of infection, AP reported.
The French government also
advised companies to “build a pre-
ventive stock of protective masks
for 10 weeks to be able to deal with
a potential resurgence of the pan-
demic,” Agence-France Presse (AFP)/
AP reported.Employers were urged to “collec-
tively ensure [they] have the neces-
sary equipment to protect employees”
in order to be able to perform their
work duties, AFP/AP reported.
The number of active cases (those
people currently infected who are
being treated in the hospital or
recovering at home) in France has
also been mostly rising since early
June, reaching nearly 74,000 by late
July, which constitutes a third of the
country’s total confirmed number
of cases, according to data compiled
by Worldometer.ENCORE?
Fears over a
second wave
of coronavirus
infections have
been raised in
Europe following
recent spikes in
countries such
as Spain, France
and Germany.Germany
The daily case count in Germany has
also been rising since early July. From
July 23 to 29, the country reported
4,341 new cases, an increase of
roughly 35 percent compared to the
previous week, Worldometer reports.
That trend line prompted
Michael Kretschmer, premier of
the eastern German state of Saxony,
to claim “the second coronavirus
wave is already here,” Germany’s
Deutsche Welle (DW) reported.
“It is already taking place every day.
.I We have new clusters of infection
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