French Hospitals Delay Operations To Cope With COVID Surge

French Health Minister Olivier Veran holds a press conference at La Timone public hospital, Friday Sept. 25, 2020 in Marseille, southern France. Angry restaurant and bar owners demonstrated in Marseille to challenge a French government order to close all public venues as of Saturday to battle resurgent virus infections. The government argues that hospitals in this Mediterranean city are under strain and the closures are the only way to stem the spread while avoiding new lockdowns. (Christophe Simon, Pool via AP)

Hospitals in the Paris and Marseille regions are delaying some scheduled operations to free up space for COVID19 patients as the French government tries to stem a rising tide of coronavirus infections, the health minister said Sunday.

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