hello and welcome. parts of france will re enter lockdown from saturday, as the country fears a third wave of coronavirus infections. more than 35 thousand new cases have been recorded in the past 2a hours. hospitals are said to be nearing crisis point. the lockdown means non essential shops will be shut again, and travel from paris to other regions is banned. tanya dend rinos reports. patients fighting for life. nurses and doctors fighting to save them. 1200 people are currently in intensive care in paris, higher than at the peak of the second wave in november. breaking point is inside. translation: you can always go up. the elastic is getting tighter and tighter. we are not at breaking point at the moment that we have come very close oh, yes, we have the impression that the breaking point is not far away. we managed to adapt all situations but the is that we deserve the detriment of something else. the mounting pressure forcing the government to respond. from midnight on fr