Two members of the government, two chains, the same after-sales service of the speech of the day before.
The Minister of Solidarity and Health Olivier Véran, guest of BFMTV-RMC this Friday, returned to the announcements of Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday in the context of the health crisis imposed by the Covid-19.
On France Info this Friday morning, government spokesman Gabriel Attal also hopes for an improvement in mid-April.
A glimmer of hope for mid-April
"In 4 to 6 weeks, we will have vaccinated a large part of the most vulnerable groups", wants to believe Olivier Véran on BFMTV.
So far, 3.2 million French people have received two doses of vaccine and 1.8 million a first injection.
"We are seeing a decrease in hospitalizations and serious cases", continues the minister, who is counting on the arrival of spring to reinforce this good news.
“Last spring we saw that there was a decrease in the spread of the virus, so we have reason to hope,” he said, confirming that the government is working on “gradual reopening”.
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"It would not be responsible" to say more, "at a time when the epidemic situation does not lend to consider reopening", boot in touch Olivier Véran.
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“The fact of having already vaccinated more than 3 million people means that today, we are starting to observe the effects of the virus on contamination.
(...) The incidence rate in the elderly is declining.
We can hope that perhaps from mid-April we can loosen a certain number of constraints, ”abounds Gabriel Attal on FranceInfo, while also refusing to say more.
This deadline "is not a date, it is a horizon," he defends himself.
From here to this horizon, there are weeks of heavy weather ahead, weeks of turmoil ”.
Other good news, "we manage to contain the South African variant and the Brazilian variant", affirms Olivier Véran, even if the British variant now represents 60% of the cases declared on French territory.
"We never exclude anything," he says about a potential reconfinement.
For the time being, this is more than ever left as the least desirable option.
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The Prime Minister announced on Thursday a partial and localized confinement throughout the Pas-de-Calais and this for three weekends.
And why not in Seine-Saint-Denis, where the incidence rate is the same?
“First of all, the hospital charge is not the same in Seine-Saint-Denis and in Pas-de-Calais,” replies Olivier Véran.
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Above all, the impact on the territory would be much more difficult to manage.
“Confining Seine-Saint-Denis on weekends would mean setting up containment throughout Ile-de-France.
The choice that was made was to still be actively vigilant (...), to gain more time, ”concedes the Minister.
Véran writes to caregivers
This Friday, the Minister of Health takes up his pen to "thank" all caregivers and above all ... call them to receive their injections.
"I remind you that caregivers have been eligible for vaccination since the beginning of January," Prime Minister Jean Castex said Thursday.
However, only one in three caregivers is vaccinated today.
This is not normal and it compromises our ability to fight effectively and efficiently against the virus.
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"The rate of vaccination among caregivers was not what we expected", also regrets Gabriel Attal on FranceInfo.
According to him, Olivier Véran's letter aims to "remind them of the importance of being treated (...), for themselves and for the patients".
“We will make sure that trust and accountability work.
Obviously, all the scenarios remain on the table (...).
Everything is on the table as a matter of principle, ”continues Gabriel Attal.
Defending the work carried out by caregivers since the start of the pandemic, Olivier Véran refuses, he said on BFMTV, to “cast shame on them”.
However, if his letter was not sufficient, the Minister reserves the right to seize the National Consultative Ethics Committee (CCNE) to decide on the legitimacy of an obligation to vaccination for all French caregivers.
