"
We are on the right track
", but "
this is not the time to relax our efforts
" in the face of Covid-19, Minister of Health Olivier Véran said on France 2 on Thursday.
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“
Many countries at some point lift the measures (against the Covid) and quickly put them behind.
I would like us to be stabilized over time with measures that work,
”commented the minister when asked about the example of Sweden, which will lift almost all of its restrictions.
Decrease in the number of cases from 25 to 30%
"
Health pressure is starting to drop, this is not the time to relax our efforts,
" said Olivier Véran.
As of Wednesday, 10,438 patients with Covid were hospitalized in France.
This figure has fallen below the 11,000 mark for a week.
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The number of cases "
drop by 25 to 30% per day, we are a little above 10,000 new cases per day instead of 25,000 (end of August, Editor's note),
" the minister said. "
The start of the school year, we can not yet measure the possible effects on the epidemic
", warned the Minister of Health, before specifying that we were "
on the right track
".
Olivier Véran also specified that "
nearly 400,000 French people
" had already received a third injection of vaccine: "
it's going very well
". The health authorities have recommended access to the 3rd dose from September 1 for the most vulnerable, before a gradual expansion to all over 65s and people at risk. In total, "
18 million people are likely to receive the recall,
" the Ministry of Health estimated at the end of August.