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Covid-19: three years after the announcement of the first death in China, the four scenarios of 2023 for the pandemic

2023-01-11T05:19:33.452Z


DECRYPTION – While in France, the “ninth wave” is slowing down sharply, the question arises of the future of Covid-19. Will it become endemic or will it persist dangerously?


That was three years ago to the day.

On January 11, 2020, China announced the first death from a

"mysterious pneumonia"

of unknown origin.

The beginning of the spread of a virus that will later be named “Covid-19”.

In France, this pandemic has already caused the death of at least 160,000 people, including more than 133,000 in hospitals.

Three years later, what scenarios to expect for France, while a major epidemic wave continues to affect China?

"

As far as restrictions are concerned, it's over

", already reassures

Le Figaro

Antoine Flahault, epidemiologist and director of the Institute of Global Health at the University of Geneva.

Similarly, “

no one believes in the scenario of the eradication of the virus anymore,

assures Anne-Claude Crémieux, infectiologist and author of

Citizens have the right to know

(Fayard – October 2022).

Several conditions would have to be met, including that the vaccine be able to block the infection and confer a long duration of protection…

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Source: lefigaro

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