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Covid-19: is France in a "more than honorable situation" in Europe?

2021-01-15T10:20:11.603Z


VERIFICATION - France is one of the European countries with the lowest incidence and positivity rates, according to the Prime Minister, Jean Castex.


THE QUESTION

.

"

The results of our strategy place us today in a more than honorable comparative situation in Europe,

" Prime Minister Jean Castex declared Thursday, January 15 during his press conference, recalling that "

our situation remains obviously worrying

".

The head of government bases his judgment on the incidence rate and the positivity rate of the tests which, according to him, are among the lowest in Europe.

Read also: Vaccines: is France catching up with other countries?

In front of the senators, Wednesday, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, had already mentioned these rates, regretting the temptation of the "

autoflagellation

": "

Do I have to remind you that today we have the incidence rates among the lowest Europe, the test positivity rates - which is probably a better indicator - among the lowest in Europe?

We confined (...) before the others, and we benefited from it (...) I simply ask that we do not self-flag

”.

Are these really facts?

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CHECKS

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And let's start with the incidence rate, which, remember, corresponds to the number of positive tests per 100,000 inhabitants.

To compare these rates between different European countries, we can therefore simply compare the number of positive cases detected.

What do we observe if we start by comparing France with its closest geographical neighbors?

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Source: lefigaro

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