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PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Tuesday that time had come for additional coronavirus restrictions in the greater Paris region as the country enters a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a coronavirus disease vaccination center inside a gymnasium in Taverny near Paris, France, January 9, 2021. REUTERS<\/figcaption>

France is grappling with a steady rise of new cases, leading to a heavy strain on the hospital system, especially in the capital where infections have surged.<\/p>\n

French health authorities reported 29,975 new cases nationwide on Tuesday, a 4.5% weekly jump, the sharpest in a month and a half.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems to me that the time has come to consider new measures in the greater Paris region,\u201d Castex said in an interview on BFM TV.<\/p>\n

Castex said weekend lockdowns such as those already in place in two other regions were among measures to be considered for the greater Paris region at a meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no reason why we shouldn\u2019t do in one region what we are doing in another,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Like other EU countries, France has lagged far behind the United States or Britain in vaccinating its population.<\/p>\n

President Emmanuel Macron still hopes a vaccination drive can stave off effects of a new pandemic wave triggered by more contagious variants, and prevent France from resorting to a third national lockdown.<\/p>\n

But suspension of the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, announced on Monday over safety concerns, could jeopardise the strategy.<\/p>\n

Castex said he was ready to get the AstraZeneca vaccine if European health authorities confirmed its safety.<\/p>\n

The health ministry said there were 4,239 patients in intensive care units for COVID-19, up by 20 over 24 hours and setting a nearly four-month high. The total number of people hospitalized for the disease was at 25,492, a high since Feb 24.<\/p>\n

The number of people who have died went up by 408, at 91,170.<\/p>\n

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