Does the epidemic start again in the Great East?

The prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Éric Freysselinard, was worried this week: supporting figures, the senior official warned the population against a recent increase in contamination in the department. He indicated that the "incidence rate" (number of people infected over a week per 100,000 inhabitants) had been multiplied by 3 in his department, going from 8.8 (for the week of May 26 to June 2) to 26 , 3 (for the one from June 2 to 8). A figure significantly higher than at the national level (4.8). Regretting "a form of relaxation" of the population, in particular "during neighbors or family celebrations", Éric Freysselinard promised, in front of the local press, more police checks and asked large supermarkets to impose the wearing of masks on their customers. coronavirus

Two other departments are in the same case, according to the latest figures from the regional health agency of Grand Est: the Meuse has seen its incidence rate multiplied by four (from 7.7 to 30.8),

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