More than 23,000 new cases were added in a single day! French Health Minister reminds people not to wear cloth masks

According to the data released by the French public health department on the 19th, as of the afternoon of the same day, a total of 2938,333 cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in France, an increase of 23,608 from the previous day; a total of 71,342 deaths were reported, with a new 373 new cases in 24 hours.

In an interview on the 19th, French Health Minister Veran stressed that the epidemic in France is still worrying, and according to the recommendation of the French High Public Health Council, hand-made cloth masks are difficult to protect against more infectious COVID-19 variants. 

Public health experts urge people to wear them. Masks with a filtering efficiency of more than 90%.