Le Figaro: the French government warned about a “lightning” wave of COVID-19 
The fifth wave of coronavirus in France is spreading “lightning” , said government spokesman Gabriel Attal, reports Le Figaro.
According to him, now the weekly increase in the number of people infected with COVID-19 is now almost 80 percent, and the number of cases per 100 thousand population has grown from 100 to less than 164. in less than seven days.
In this case, the authorities are forced to tighten control over the use of certificates indicating a past illness or vaccination, warned Attal.
Previously, the Director of the European Bureau of the World Health Organization (WHO ) Hans Kluge predicted the death of half a million people in Europe due to COVID-19. About 500,000 people could die in winter if countries do not tighten restrictions, he said. According to him, the next wave of COVID-19 in Europe is observed due to the approaching cold weather, low vaccination rates in several countries and the emergence of more infectious strains.
On November 19, a study was published in the United States in which the earliest case was revealed being infected with the coronavirus. The report names a saleswoman at a fish market in Wuhan, China as the first patient. The head of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona, Dr. Michael Warobay, said that she became infected on December 11, 2019.