In the fight against the virus, the French leader Emmanuel Macron rejects isolating the elderly. “We will not defeat the virus by isolating our fellow citizens,” said the president during a visit to a retirement home in the Loire region of central France near Blois. He points out social and family ties that are important for older people. There is great concern in France, because the number of new infections has been rising for weeks — the 10,000 mark has also been exceeded today. The authorities have already registered more than 31,000 deaths.