French rush to get tested as COVID-19 cases rise, holidays near

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PARIS: In her pharmacy in central Paris, Mireille Grand points to near-empty shelves where she would normally have COVID-19 tests stocked up – only five tests remain. \u0022That\u0027s all that\u0027s left,\u0022 she said. \u0022This is due to a sharp increase of many, many COVID-19 contact cases. We had to do a lot of test

PARIS: In her pharmacy in central Paris, Mireille Grand points to near-empty shelves where she would normally have COVID-19 tests stocked up – only five tests remain.

Across France, pharmacies say they have run short of COVID-19 tests as cases rise and people scramble to make sure they do not risk contaminating loved ones as they meet up in the holiday season. In the last week of October, only about 2 million tests were carried out, but the number of tests has increased steadily since then.

France is seeing an increase in cases, and in COVID-19 hospitalisations, even if, thanks to one of Europe's highest vaccination rates, there has been less impact on hospital numbers than in previous waves of the pandemic.

 

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