The Covid-19 isn't going on vacation. In fact, the seventh wave of the virus is currently sweeping across Europe and France at the beginning July. According to Public Health France, there have been 140,000 new cases of the virus every day for the past week. The threshold of 150,000 deaths in France has also been reached.
The government suggests that the mask be worn again when transporting in the face of this new epidemic.
This is a piece of advice that many specialists follow. Franceinfo reports that Benjamin Davido (infectious disease specialist at Raymond-Poincare hospital, Garches) advised that the mask be removed "in high-traffic areas" and "when you are indoors, in poorly ventilated spaces or poorly ventilated places." He said that "we must be careful not to imbalance the hospital a bit more, which is already at a difficult position at the beginning of the summer", even though hospitalizations are increasing.
Arnaud Fontanet (Professor of Epidemiology at the Institut Pasteur) warns that "we could even observe a peak greater than that of April" in the "Journal du Dimanche". According to projections from the Institute, the epidemic could result in 1,700 hospital admissions per day by July 18. Professor Recalls also that hospitals are "weakened by two-and-a-half years of health crises and absenteeism caused by infections among staff".
To counter this new wave of infections, vaccination "remains an essential asset to protect those most vulnerable," Arnaud Fontanet explains. Even though injections are repeated every three to six months for over 80s, and every six to eight months for over 80s, Arnaud Fontanet says that vaccination is still the best option. Over 60 years of waiting for the virus' stabilization. According to epidemiologist, there is another ray of light: "The recently published results of the vaccine candidate Sanofi/GSK show that this protein vaccine holds promise."
