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Coronavirus: local disparities must be taken into account

2020-04-23T20:01:24.074Z


DECRYPTION - On May 11, the scheduled date for deconfinement, the threat will still be present. And it is in the hardest hit regions that the epidemic could start again most quickly.


Not all territories are equally affected by the disease. Can we treat the Haut-Rhin in the same way which has known nearly 700 deaths and the Lozère where no death of the Covid-19 is to be deplored? The cause of this heterogeneity is known: before March 17, the virus circulated differently in the country.

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But today? There are probably still large disparities. The only certainty is that the first serological studies, which analyze the presence of antibodies in the population, show that even in the most affected regions the number of people immunized is too low to hope for collective protection (barely 15%). After May 11, the threat will still be present and it will be necessary to maintain barrier gestures and limit contact.

It is in the hardest hit regions that the epidemic could start again most quickly. Should they be deconfigured after the others, knowing that the new daily cases on May 11 should be small enough to leave some

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Source: lefigaro

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