In the Overseas Territories, “
a substantial part of the population doubts the vaccine, its effectiveness, thinks that there are other means of fighting the virus.
Except that doubt will have killed and sometimes still kills in metropolitan France too
”.
This is what Olivier Véran wished to recall during his speech on Thursday evening, taking stock of the health situation in metropolitan France and the West Indies.
According to him, the "
massive vaccination
" "
made it possible to avoid the worst
" in metropolitan France, unlike the West Indies and French Polynesia, which were more severely affected by the resumption of the epidemic.
To convince, the Minister of Solidarity and Health has continued to insist that this epidemic was killing "
especially the unvaccinated
" and that the hospitals were "
full of unvaccinated
".
“
Fear of the virus, yes, fear of the vaccine, no,
” he said.
Very high incidence rate in Guadeloupe
While in metropolitan France, 2200 admissions were made in intensive care, "
almost three times less than during the first wave
", the situation is much more critical in the West Indies where the population is three times less vaccinated than in France. . The incidence rate in Guadeloupe is for example up to 2,500, ten times higher than the national rate. And according to Olivier Véran, no "
difference in mobilization
" has yet been made between the territories.
In addition, referring to the hexagonal situation, the Minister of Health noted a "
15% decrease
" in the cases of Covid-19 identified in one week. "
We are entering a phase of uncertainty as the start of the school year approaches
," he warned all the same, recalling that pupils, secondary school pupils, high school pupils and students would soon resume their way to classes and amphitheatres.