The Minister of Health estimates Sunday, December 12 in the columns of the
Parisian
that France is reaching the peak of the 5th wave, that is to say that the number of positive cases detected is always a little more important each day, but that this increase slows down markedly (it was only 5% between Saturday 4 and Saturday 11 December).
He nevertheless underlines the intensity of this wave: "
The epidemic wave is violent, at the beginning of the week we exceeded 70,000 diagnoses in twenty-four hours, unheard of since the start of the pandemic in our country
" underlines -he.
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Asked about possible new health measures, Olivier Véran is careful not to exclude anything, but nevertheless maintains that "
we are not heading towards confinement
". He also dismisses the idea of restricting the movement of French people across the country: “
There are no movement restrictions. This 5th wave is national. There is therefore no risk of exporting the Covid to an area where it is not present,
”he declares. On the other hand, he does make some recommendations as the holidays approach: "
I recommend restricting your contacts ten days before D-Day, doing a self-test in case of doubt, respecting the barrier gestures, regularly opening a window on the salon.
"
"We have opened 200 additional centers, soon it will be 300."
Olivier Véran
Olivier Véran continues to encourage the French to receive a booster dose of vaccine, and indicates that the target of 20 million French people vaccinated with three doses seems to him to be achievable by Christmas.
He announced to strengthen efforts to vaccinate the French in this regard: "
We have opened 200 additional centers, soon it will be 300. I have also authorized pharmacists to remain open on Sundays in December and January, and I encourage them to expand. their schedules on weekday evenings.
"
The minister also remained cautious about scientific knowledge on the Omicron variant, but specified however that “
the first data tend to show that Omicron is much more contagious than Delta.
It would cause more re-infections, fewer serious forms, but the patient sample is too small to draw solid conclusions.
"