The coronavirus epidemic is extending its grip on France.
This Tuesday, September 29, the figures announced by Public Health France and the Ministry of Health are again alarming.
8,051 new cases have been detected in the past 24 hours.
As of Monday, 4,070 people had tested positive.
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In total, 85 people have died from Covid-19 in France since yesterday, bringing the total to 31,893 victims.
59 people died in hospital.
In total, 6,500 people are currently hospitalized, including 1,204 in intensive care, or 28 more than yesterday.
Social security budget, partial unemployment,
"
sacrifices
" of youth
...
The Covid-19 hits the lives of the French, but also weighs on the finances of Social Security: after a record deficit of 44.7 billion euros this year, a loss of 25.5 billion is expected in 2021, according to the draft budget that the government unveiled on Tuesday.
The sharp rise in unemployment and the massive recourse to partial activity have so dried up the income of contributions that the four historic branches of the Social Security (health, retirement, family, work accidents) are found in the red.
Ultimately, health spending will jump 7.6% in 2020 - and grow another 3.5% in 2021 - a level not seen in more than fifteen years.
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Another point to remember, the maintenance of partial unemployment at 100% until December 31, in particular to overcome the health restrictions imposed on restaurant owners, cafetiers and hoteliers in many French cities.
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We are going to increase the amount of the solidarity fund from 1,500 euros up to 10,000 euros
", also declared the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, while he received alongside Jean Castex several union representatives in Matignon.
Finally, Emmanuel Macron was visiting this Tuesday in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The French president estimated that “
never so many sacrifices
” had
never
been asked of the youth in Europe, which creates for the leaders “
an immense responsibility
” for his future on the environmental, diplomatic and financial subjects.
He also spoke of the “
stress
” of the situation for “
young people who leave training and enter working life, find a closed world with extremely high unemployment and economic difficulties.
"