“We are in a decisive crucial period, a turning point in this 4th wave after the start of the school year.
The words are from the director general of health, Jérôme Salomon, invited this Sunday noon on BFMTV.
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"We have a 4th wave which is developing favorably, with a drop in new cases of 20% over one week," he said.
Even if the situation remains very complicated in the Overseas Territories.
"We are really doing everything to make this return go well" "We have the means that the return goes well and there is no worsening of the epidemic in children."
"We are not at all with the vaccination of children"
After dropping below the bar of 11,000 patients in hospital for a Covid infection this week, the decline is confirmed with 10,654 people treated, according to the latest figures communicated on Friday, against 10,816 the day before and 11,052 there a week ago.
The director general of health has also ruled out the hypothesis of vaccination of children under 12, for the moment, indicating that the priority was vaccination of 12 years and over.
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"We are not at all with the vaccination of children (under 12 years: editor's note), for a lot of reason: because we lack scientific data, then because studies are in progress" and " so we will adapt to the evolution of scientific knowledge ”, he declared on BFMTV.
"Today, the priority is to vaccinate these adolescents over 12 years old," he added.
In the anti-sanitary pass demonstrations, the hypothesis of vaccination of the youngest is one of the main reasons for the anger of the participants, and "Do not touch my children" one of the most repeated slogans.