Two people died in France “Following heat -related discomfort“said the Minister of Ecological Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher on Wednesday before his entourage said that there was” no official confirmation “at this stage.
“There are more than 300 people who were covered in emergency by the firefighters and two deceased as a result of heat -related discomfort“Said the Minister.
Her entourage then said that the minister only resumed information “in the public square“, in reference to press information.
On Tuesday, the mayor of Besançon, in Doubs, announced the death of a homeless in fifty years, “most certainly in connection with the ongoing heat wave”.
“There was no official confirmation of the authorities and the Minister’s remarks were not worth confirmation of the authorities because we are not the competent authority in the matter“Added the minister’s office, arguing”clumsiness“.
On BFMTV/RMC, the Minister of Health Catherine Vautrin judged that he was “too early to take stock” of the heat wave. “What I can say is that we had an increase in Samu’s activity in Île-de-France yesterday, a serious increase, 15% increase”.
The Ministry of Health will not immediately publish a number of deaths attributable to the heat wave, due to the complexity of this calculation. According to the ministry, approximately two weeks after the heat wave, there will be a first estimate of mortality during the period. And it is only in the fall only detailed data on the number of dead attributable to the heat wave, based on the exploitation of medical data, will be published.
