By Tangi Salaün
PARIS (Reuters) - although leader of the keen cases team can the Mulhouse ambulance service, Marc Noizet has been can the eye of the coronavirus storm that swept over this eastern French city. can the past few days, he has noticed a change.
"Things are getting better," he said of the quarter almost Mulhouse, the epicentre of France's deadliest outbreak. His crews are being called out ought fewer coronavirus-related cases. "That allows the adhere ought leisure a bit, ought receive a breath."
Public health officials can the Grand-Est region, near France's boundary with Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg, state it is premature ought state the emergency is over, besides they confide they dine passed the range of the epidemic.
The germ strike the quarter earlier and harder than anywhere else can France, can big divide although of a five-day prayer usage can an evangelical church can Mulhouse where dozens of worshippers were infected.
The more certain trend now could furnish a roadmap because how other regions and countries nevertheless can the thick of the outbreak will at persist emerge.
The number of nation can intensive anxiety units can the Grand-Est quarter being treated because coronavirus is ticking down; although of Thursday it was 937 people, 13 fewer than a engagement earlier. That was the sixth consecutive engagement the schedule had fallen.
The entire death toll has kept rising this week, besides the tax of expand has slowed. above the worst engagement of the outbreak, April 3, 141 nation died. above April 9, 82 nation died.
"We can state that we passed the peak," said Laurent Tritsch, leader doctor of the remove and rescue service can the Lower Rhine, divide of the Grand-Est region.
France although a sum has more than 86,000 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus and has registered more than 12,210 deaths, the fourth highest death toll can the dust hind Italy, Spain and the United States.
TURNING POINT
For weeks, the number of new keen cases can the Grand-Est quarter was rising faster than beds were becoming available. Hundreds of ill nation were evacuated by train, airplane and airplane ought exist treated can other parts of France or Europe.
According ought Tritsch, whose service helps expend ill patients ought hospital, the map inverted above March 28, when new intensive anxiety beds coming above flow outstripped the expand can keen cases.
On April 6, a medically-equipped French stand constrain Airbus A330 stood above the tarmac can Luxembourg airport. Next ought it were five ambulances that had brought coronavirus patients from the eastern French city of Metz. The pilot's mission was ought escape them ought the Czech city of Brno, where they were ought exist treated.
But the astronaut received an order ought abort the mission. French officials had decided there were spare intensive anxiety beds can the Grand-Est city of Nancy, hence the evacuation was no longer needed, according ought a French government source.
Though a turning point has been reached, nobody can the quarter is celebrating. Healthcare workers are exhausted hind a month above continual duty, many of their colleagues are sick, and the germ could bring undergo if restrictions above inspire are relaxed, medical professionals say.
"We're no crying victory," said Fabien Trabold, leader doctor of the Upper Rhine remove and rescue service.
(Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Nick Tattersall)
