Global confirmed cases of the CCP virus, a disease that causes COVID-19, neared the 100 million mark on Tuesday, with over 99.39 million people reported to be infected by the virus. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019. Some 8.8 percent of global working hours were lost last year due to the pandemic, roughly four times the number lost in the 2009 financial crisis, but there are “tentative signs” of recovery, the International Labour Organisation said on Monday. France’s New Hospitalizations and ICU Treatments Rise Sharply The number of people hospitalized in France for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus rose by more than 1,000 over the last two days, a trend unseen since Nov 16, and the number of patients in intensive care units for the disease exceeded 3,000 for the first time since …