“It's Beirut…”
In his hospital laboratory in Rhône-Alpes, the biologist goes through the PCRs and Omicron is dominant:
“Yesterday we were at 50% of samples, today we are at more than 70%… "
while everyone was hoping the approaching end of the fifth wave, when the time ranging from southern Africa came to upset the epidemic play. Much more contagious than its predecessors, the monster is impressive and the counters are panicking: 208,000 new cases confirmed this Wednesday! A record that will soon be broken: the most pessimistic models of the Institut Pasteur, published on Monday, anticipate more than 750,000 new cases daily in mid-January.
"And the Covid is not the only problem ...",
adds the biologist: absent last winter, the flu epidemic is about to start and that of bronchiolitis is in full swing.
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At the hospital, we prepare ourselves, with varying optimism depending on the region.
In Paca, the situation is difficult.
"It's very hot
, slips Dr Clarisse ...
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