"The figure is in the region of one hundred white plans," which allow certain operations to be cancelled or staff on leave to be recalled, explains French Health Minister Yannick Neuder at the end of a visit to Cochin Hospital in Paris , as the winter flu epidemic intensified at the beginning of January. "It's always 100 too many, but it's also a way of getting organised and taking care of all the patients," he added. (COMPLETES VIDI36TE87Y_EN) SOUNDBITE