COVID-19 infections fall in France

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COVID-19 infections fall in France

STORY: COVID-19 infections fall in France DATELINE: Jan. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: LYON, France CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a pharmacy 2. SOUNDBITE (French): ERIC HUMBERT, Pharmacist 3. various of a hospital 4. various of a person making a self-test for the COVID-19 STORYLINE: In the last week of December 2022, the infection rate of the COVID-19 cases in France fell to 421 per 100,000 inhabitants, a drop of 25 percent in one week. According to the latest report from Public Health France, the country reported 115 additional COVID-19 deaths. In addition, the number of people hospitalized fell over a week, with 7,733 hospitalizations over the last seven days, which represents a drop of 19.8 percent. French Minister of Health Francois Braun, however, spoke on Wednesday during a trip to Annecy of a "week of all dangers" for the health system due to a context of "triple epidemic" with influenza and bronchiolitis. SOUNDBITE (French): ERIC HUMBERT, Pharmacist "We apprehend the ep

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