Get serious! Careless French public riles COVID medics


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  • Tuesday, 22 Sep 2020

A medical worker, wearing a protective face mask, works in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated at the Clinique Bouchard-ELSAN private hospital in Marseille, France, September 21, 2020. Picture taken September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - David Fleyrat had almost cleared his Marseille hospital's intensive care ward of COVID-19 patients during the summer lull in new cases. Now the private unit is filling fast again and Fleyrat can barely conceal his frustration.

"It's not doing our job that is tiring. What's tiring is a second wave because people do not respect social distancing," Fleyrat, who is managing director of the private Clinique Bouchard-Elsan told Reuters.

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