The handkerchiefs at the foot of the bed have replaced the gifts at the foot of the tree.
“After the Covid, it is now the flu that prevents us from getting together as a family”, breathes Damien, 34, who, failing to celebrate Christmas, celebrates his first day without a fever for six nights.
Suddenly, Tuesday evening, this Parisian felt feverish, his nose began to run, his chest to cough.
A negative test immediately evacuates the Covid but his temperature peaks between 39 and 40 ° C confirm what he feared: the flu… and a ruined Christmas.
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