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Added on the 01/02/2022 06:00:44 - Copyright : Euronews EN
The French government has justified a reduction in the conditions of isolation to avoid a "disorganisation" of society. While the start of the school year has been maintained for this Monday, January 3, despite the fifth wave of Covid-19, here are the rules to be respected with regard to the government's new announcements.
Across Europe, New Year celebrations are being scaled down and restrictions imposed as countries experience a massive surge in coronavirus infections.
In France, the leader in rapid diagnostic tests, Biosynex, has hired 200 temporary staff to meet soaring demand, amid record case numbers and end-of-year holidays.
As UK nations gradually loosen measures, many continental European countries are trying to control souring cases of COVID.
Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Europe director, says during a press conference that Europe has seen a surge of COVID-19 cases since countries began easing restrictions aimed at curbing the virus' spread. Kluge adds that more than two dozen countries in Europe have seen resurgences of the virus and warns that some European health systems could again be pushed to the brink.