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Omicron: tale of a tidal wave with uncertain consequences

2022-01-04T18:13:47.415Z


PODCAST. France is experiencing its sixth epidemic wave carried by both the Omicron variant, which represents the majority of new posi


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Summary.

On November 23, in South Africa, health authorities alert the whole world after the discovery of a new form of Covid-19.

In the days that followed, the first cases of patients contaminated by this variant, called Omicron, were identified in France.

A virus resistant to the vaccine, according to the first studies, including in people doubly vaccinated.

But a priori much less virulent with a booster dose.

While this variant seems to cause less severe forms of the disease, it is spreading at breakneck speed.

With hundreds of thousands of cases detected every day from the end of December, the government must take action against Omicron which, if it should not saturate resuscitation services in hospitals, risks disrupting health care providers. businesses, schools and utilities.

Nicolas Berrod and Aurélie Sipos, journalists at Le Parisien, tell how the Omicron variant has established itself in France.

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Credits.

Editorial management: Pierre Chausse - Editor-in-chief: Jules Lavie - Reporter: Ambre Rosala - Production: Raphaël Pueyo, Sarah Hamny and Thibault Lambert - Production and mixing: Julien Montcouquiol - Music: François Clos, Audio Network, Epidemic Sound - Identity graphic: Upian - Archives: BFMTV.

About Source Code.

Source Code is Le Parisien's daily news podcast.

Stories told by the editorial staff or by those who have experienced them directly.

An appointment carried by the presenter Jules Lavie and the reporter Ambre Rosala, to find from Monday to Friday from 6 p.m. on LeParisien.fr or on the main listening platforms.

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