An optimistic tone, while the indicators of the coronavirus epidemic are no longer quite in good shape. This Friday, at the microphone of France Inter, Jérôme Salomon, Director General of Health, conceded that "the indicators are bad, the signals are worrying and the situation is deteriorating", but, he stressed, "he there is no inevitability. The fate of the (Covid-19) epidemic is in our hands ”.
In its weekly bulletin released Thursday evening, the Directorate General of Health (DGS) had reported that the indicators continued "to deteriorate" and that transmission of the virus "is accentuated", "more particularly" among young people.
"We can curb the epidemic and put an end to risky clusters", however, underlined Jérôme Salomon, n ° 2 of the Ministry of Health, citing the case of Mayenne, a department where several outbreaks of Covid-19 had been identified. “The people of Mayenne mobilized, observed all the barrier gestures, agreed to be massively tested: it worked! », He indicated.
"It is in metropolitan France that we are focusing"
The cities of Paris and Marseille remain "particularly at risk" and "about twenty departments are above a certain threshold of vigilance", underlined Jérôme Salomon. On the other hand, "there is no alert on the Overseas", insisted the Director General of Health. “It is in metropolitan France that we focus on the most frequented places. The main clusters are those where there are large gatherings, festive, friendly, family events ”.
Jérôme Salomon: "We are seeing two departments that are particularly at risk: Paris and Marseille. We are also monitoring around twenty departments that are above a certain vigilance threshold." # Covid19 # le69inter pic.twitter.com/YBICIQzrg4
- France Inter (@franceinter) August 14, 2020Jérôme Salomon recalled that it was necessary to be tested “when you have symptoms, even really mild ones, when you have been exposed, when you have a colleague, a friend who is positive”. “You should not hesitate to be tested when you think you have been exposed to a risk,” he insisted.
"We must facilitate access to masks", he also wished, promising that "the price of the mask will drop sharply in September." “It must be available to the most precarious, the most vulnerable. "" At the start of the school year, the virus will still be there and we will have to live with it, but by applying the prevention pact and barrier measures, it is the best way to live well with the virus, "he concluded.