A healthcare worker administers a nasal swab to a patient at the COVID-19 testing center in Nantes, near Nantes, France, June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s health agency warned on Friday of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the country and will continue to vaccinate against the virus urged people to

According to the Sante Publique France (SPF) agency, France had 186 confirmed COVID cases for every 100,000 people in the week of Sept. 5 to Sept. 11, a 12% increase from the previous week. , equating to about 18,000 people on average. New cases per day.

Earlier this week, Emar Cook, executive director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) watchdog, said in an interview with Reuters Next Newsmaker that Europeans should get the available COVID-19 booster vaccine. rice field. Infection.read more

New infections have risen steadily since the 10th, with a seven-day moving average of daily new cases reaching a nearly five-week high of 24,042 on Thursday.

Reported by Myriam Rivet. Edited by Sudip Kar-Gupta/Benoit Van Overstraeten

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