France tops 2 million Covid-19 cases

France has surpassed two million cases of Covid-19, Director General of Health Jérôme Salomon announced at a press briefing on Tuesday as infections across Europe hit more than 15 million.

Medical personnel attend a Covid-19 patient at the intensive care unit of the clinic of Occitanie in Muret, near Toulouse, southern France on November 17, 2020.
Medical personnel attend a Covid-19 patient at the intensive care unit of the clinic of Occitanie in Muret, near Toulouse, southern France on November 17, 2020. © Lionel Bonaventure, AFP
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