Towards the end of the 6th wave?
This Thursday morning on RTL, Olivier Véran estimated that the epidemic "peak of the rebound" was behind us, while Public Health France recorded nearly 161,000 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, a figure that has been falling for a few days.
RTL GUEST - Coronavirus: "We have passed the peak of the epidemic rebound", assures Olivier Véran https://t.co/0tjCB3vlfT
– RTL France (@RTLFrance) April 7, 2022
“Covid-19 is circulating in France but less quickly, the peak of the epidemic rebound has been crossed, the health and hospital impact is limited.
Thanks to the massive vaccination of the French.
Our strategy of easing restrictive measures was the right one, ”he rejoiced on the sidelines of the interview, on Twitter.
The covid is circulating in France but less quickly, the peak of the epidemic rebound has been crossed, the health and hospital impact is limited.
Thanks to the massive vaccination of the French.
Our strategy of relaxing restrictive measures was the right one.
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— Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) April 7, 2022
Contaminations have indeed stopped increasing according to the latest statements from Public Health France: with 161,950 positive cases recorded in 24 hours, the average for the last seven days stands at 134,991, after having exceeded 140,000. Friday.
The number of tests carried out remains considerably lower than during the previous wave.
However, this beginning of a decline marks a break with the clear recovery observed in March, during which contamination almost tripled.
A “rebound” anticipated by the authorities: “I had announced an expected peak in early April, that was the case”, proclaimed the Minister of Health.
“It does not jeopardize the hospital”
These figures "validate
a posteriori
our strategy which has allowed us to give more freedom to the French without endangering their health", welcomed the Minister of Health, while the opposition wondered about the timing of the lifting of health restrictions.
Before warning: “No one is saying that the epidemic is over (…) but that does not jeopardize the hospital.
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Olivier Véran had mentioned three weeks ago a peak at “120,000 - 150,000 contaminations per day”, for “the end of March”, based in particular on the projections of the Institut Pasteur, which “anticipates a plateau in the coming days” according to data updated on Monday, as the number of daily hospital admissions increases further to more than 1,540 (averaged over seven days).
The second booster dose of vaccine against Covid-19 will be open to people aged 60 and over, whose last injection dates back more than six months, Olivier Véran also announced.
“We know that a booster injection, when you are 60 years old and over, reduces the risk of hospitalization, resuscitation and death by 80%,” he said, recalling that this campaign is not mandatory.
Regarding the first round of the presidential election being held in France on Sunday, the Minister of Health confirmed that people who tested positive for Covid-19 “can go and vote in complete safety”.
"There will be masks, hydroalcoholic gel, they can come with a pen, we know how to do it," said Olivier Véran.