Are we heading for a fourth wave earlier than expected?
While doctors and infectious diseases have been worried for several weeks about a new upsurge in the Covid-19 epidemic for the start of the school year, because of the Delta variant, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran alerted Sunday to the possibility that it happens sooner than expected.
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For five days, the virus has not declined, it has increased again.
Because of the Delta variant which is very contagious,
”noted the Minister on Twitter.
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The English example shows that a wave is possible from the end of July.
We can limit it and limit its health impact: barrier gestures, vaccine, test / alert / protect,
”he added.
An eye on the UK situation
Olivier Véran keeps a particularly close eye on the evolution of the Delta variant in our British neighbors, who are always several weeks ahead of the epidemic situation in France.
Majority across the Channel, this particularly contagious variant represented 97.53% of new cases on July 3.
On French soil, it caps today at 20%, as indicated by the Minister of Health at the beginning of last week.
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In France, it is the stagnation of the figures that worries the government. After a significant drop in recent weeks, which in particular allowed the lifting of the curfew and the mask outside, the number of new cases remained stable on Sunday, July 4. Hospitals thus counted 7,913 patients with Covid-19 (compared to 7,912 on Saturday and 8,986 the previous Sunday), including 1,104 in critical care (1,102 the day before and 1,345 seven days ago). Over the last 24 hours, 41 patients (against 79 the day before) entered the hospital and 12 patients (17 the day before) were admitted to critical care, reserved for the most seriously ill patients.
