All right let's now shift our attention to what is happening on the continent where just like last year this year too france seemed to be struggling with the onslaught of the covert 19 infections and this time round this is led by the omicron mutant variant now there is an unprecedented surge in the number of infections that france has been reporting and the latest coronavirus mutation is driving up the latest surge in the number of infections according to the french health agency nearly about 62 percent of all people who've tested positive for carbon 19 infections in france have been infected with the omicron mutant variant in the last one week france's report a record spike in the number of infections and as per the latest data at least about 18 000 people have been hospitalized and more than 3 500 of them are said to be in intensive care units they're faced with this unprecedented wave of infections the government has also announced fresh curbs on people so that they work from home it also impose limits on the number of people who can attend public events and for people living in and around paris mosques have been made mandatory yet again for anyone who wants to step step out of home I think it is a very positive thing to make mask wearing outdoors compulsory as of tomorrow this is in place in several cities in france it now has to be everywhere when you see the number of cases exploding we have to do something and we can see that the vaccine is not enough apparently bjorn is now available in your country download the app now and get all the news on the move.