A high infection rate in France is fuelling fears of a second COVID-19 wave. PARIS: The French government may have to take multiple unpopular decisions within days to counter persistently high COVID-19 infection rates, the country's scientific council warned on Wednesday .
Fears of a second wave of the epidemic are rising in France, with the number of new cases surging even though the death rate remains low compared to spring highs.Council head Jean-Francois Delfraissy told reporters that current infection rates were"worrying".
The government may also have to become more forceful in some areas about imposing confinement measures for infected people and those they have been in touch with, he said, although this was not for now an official recommendation.
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