The number of tests has "
again crossed
" the three million mark in a week, according to figures published Thursday by the Ministry of Health, against the backdrop of the seventh wave of the Covid-19 epidemic.
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With more than 3 million PCR and antigen tests validated between June 27 and July 3 against just over 2.1 million the previous week, the statistics department (Drees) observes in a press release "
a sharp increase
".
Falling to just over a million at the end of May, the number of tests has continued to rise since then, a little more markedly each week.
If the number of tests is on
the rise “for all age groups
” (+41%), it is even more marked among 16-25 year olds (+58%).
This increase in tests follows the strong rebound in the epidemic at the start of the summer, driven by sub-variants of Omicron.
More than 154,600 new cases were recorded Wednesday evening by Public Health France, 45% more than
“
The epidemic is starting again.
So I call on everyone to be vigilant.
(…) When you are in closed spaces, where there are a lot of people, you have to wear the mask, especially in transport
”, but “
we do not intend to have a national measure of 'obligation
' because "
the French today know the right gestures
", declared Wednesday evening the Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on TF1.
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