France's Health Minister Stephanie Rist (C) addresses the media flanked by General Manager of the Saint-Antoine Hospital Nicolas Revel (L) and Saint-Antoine's Head of the emergency department's admissions service doctor Pierre Alexis Raynal following a visit to the emergency wards at the AP-HP (Assistance publique-Hopitaux de Paris) Saint Antoine's hospital, in Paris on January 8, 2026, as France battles with a flu wave. (Photo by Kiran RIDLEY / AFP via Getty Images)