THE QUESTION. " The balance is fragile and we can switch at any time " towards an uncontrolled resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic in France, the Scientific Council warned Tuesday, August 4, insisting on the importance of barrier measures. The authority still considers " highly probable that a second epidemic wave will be observed in the fall or winter ", following the mixing of the population during the summer holidays. However, the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Brittany, a region where the reproduction rate of the virus is currently one of the highest in France, claims to observe only " a weak correlation between tourism and the spread of virus". Should we be worried about the influx of tourists? Did they play a role in the spread of the virus?
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CHECKS. According to data from Public Health France, the main sources of transmission of the coronavirus (outside the restricted family environment) remain medico-social establishments as well as companies.
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