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Covid-19: the Covars “study” the return of the compulsory mask in certain places

2022-10-04T08:38:40.498Z


France is currently in the middle of the 8th wave of Covid-19, with indicators such as the rate of positivity or hospitalization on the rise.


Better not to have stored them too far away.

This Tuesday, Brigitte Autran, the president of Covars - Committee for monitoring and anticipating health risks, which replaces the scientific council - recalled on RMC that it remained "recommended to wear masks very frequently".

She even assured that the committee was “studying” the possibility of making it compulsory again in certain spaces, “with different models”.

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A reflection that France is not the only one to lead, according to Professor Autran: “All European countries, the United States, North America, are also studying this point.

Today, no one has reintroduced the obligation of the mask, but everyone is studying it ”.

Indicators on the rise

France is currently in the middle of the 8th wave of Covid-19.

This was confirmed by the president of Covars.

“All the indicators are increasing, the rates of positivity, hospitalization, emergency room consultation and even a beginning of an increase in the rate of hospitalization in intensive care”, she listed.

The specialist therefore took advantage of her visit to RMC to remind us of the need not to relax completely on the coronavirus front.

“You have to continue to get tested when you feel like you have symptoms or are in contact.

The laboratories must be able to

type

which virus is in question”, recommended Brigitte Autran, because “we are never safe from the appearance of a variant which could be more virulent”.

Total relaxation is therefore not yet for now.

Source: leparis

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