Voters with novel coronavirus infections will be allowed to go out to vote in the 2022 French presidential election, but they are advised to wear masks, French government spokesman Jean-Pierre Attar said on Wednesday (local time).
The outbreak in France has continued to rebound recently. France reported 169,024 new confirmed cases on Monday, up 16 percent from the same period last week. The daily average number of new confirmed cases has reached 136,837, an increase of more than 30 percent.
Attar briefed France on the epidemic situation in recent days. Under France’s current quarantine measures, confirmed cases must be quarantined for at least five days, and if they still test positive five days later, the period will be extended. As the outbreak rebounds in France, at least half a million people should theoretically be at home when the first round of voting begins on April 10, according to government projections.
Tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus when asked about the new crown of French voters whether or not can go out to vote, Attar said the vote is the right stipulated in the constitution, French voters normal to participate in the presidential election should not have any obstacle, he says, during the French presidential elections, a new crown testing positive for voters to vote can also go to polling stations. He also called on confirmed COVID-19 cases to take personal responsibility, wear masks when voting and follow other quarantine regulations to protect others.
In addition, the health and quarantine measures applied to polling places during the general election will be announced this weekend, and some of them have already been revealed to the public, such as encouraging the elderly and vulnerable to wear masks, providing masks to field workers, and planning the voting process in advance to avoid crowds gathering.
