The president of the Ile-de-France region has warned that the capital is facing a “very violent third wave” of Covid-19, as the infection rate nears 400 cases per 100,000 people and ICU occupancy reaches 95.90 percent of capacity.
“The English variant, which has become the most prevalent, is not only more contagious, it is also more deadly” and “our resuscitation capacities are saturated,” Valérie Pécresse, president of Ile-de-France, the central region where Paris is located, told France 2 on Monday, as she discussed the capital’s dire healthcare situation.
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