" The balance is fragile and we can switch at any time " towards an uncontrolled resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic in France, warns the Scientific Council which guides the government on Tuesday, insisting on the importance of barrier measures.
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“ The future of the epidemic in the short term is largely in the hands of citizens, ” warns the body in a new opinion. Beyond the situation this summer, the Scientific Council still considers “ highly probable that a second epidemic wave will be observed in the fall or winter. "