Professor Didier Pittet is an epidemiologist and infectious disease doctor at the University Hospitals of Geneva. It is rather reassuring about the appearance of new outbreaks, as long as they are under control.
LE FIGARO. - China is experiencing a rebound in Covid-19 cases. Should this signal worry us?
Pr Didier PITTET.- No, there is no reason to be alarmed. The phenomenon is even rather reassuring, because it testifies to the fact that the policy of screenings and tests remains in force. This is part of normal post-first wave surveillance. For the moment, this is a resumption of contamination in a circumscribed household. Germany and South Korea have already experienced this situation. Also in Singapore, there was talk of a second wave to describe what was in fact a small epidemic recovery born among illegal immigrants. It is the role of applied public health to observe and contain these starts. Not only do these episodes not constitute
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