The establishment of a third confinement is not excluded if the epidemic situation "
were to worsen
", affirms Olivier Véran,
in the Journal du Dimanche
,
on the occasion of the launch of the vaccination campaign in France, Sunday December 27 .
“
We never rule out measures that may be necessary to protect populations.
That does not mean that we have decided, but that we are observing the situation hour by hour,
”said the Minister of Health.
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The authorities fear the arrival of a third wave in the coming weeks, after the end of year holidays.
The circulation of the virus is still important, with "
15,000 contaminations detected per day on average, while we had fallen to 11,000 ...
", he points out.
“
The target of 5,000 (cases of contamination per day) is moving away.
And the pressure on the health system remains high, with 1,500 hospitalizations per day, a tension which decreases very little in intensive care,
”underlines the minister, who says he is ready to take“
the necessary measures, if the situation were to worsen
” .
According to him, the situation is already worrying in the "
Grand Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and the Alpes-Maritimes department, starting with Nice
", with "
an increase in the incidence among the elderly in certain rural areas ".
Several mayors in eastern France, including Reims, have been pleading for several days to reconfigure
"either on a territorial basis or at the national level"
after Christmas.