“We should start wearing masks again on public transport and in all populated areas“. Brigitte Autran, the newly appointed president of the new Committee for the Monitoring and Prediction of Health Risks (Covars), which replaces the Scientific Council, presented her recommendations as the eighth wave of Covid-19 currently hits France.
“Channel eight doesn’t bother us“, but he wanted to clarify, wanting to be reassuring. This Friday, September 30, as a guest on Franceinfo, this renowned immunologist gave an update on the current health situation in France and the wave of Covid-19 infections he is judging.very real“.
Public health France currently counts around 42,000 infections a day, a curve that has been rising since early September. Hospitalizations due to Covid-19 rose from the previous week to nearly 15,000 with 789 people hospitalized in critical condition.
Masks on public transport, vaccinations to protect vulnerable people… Bridget Otran advises “model the Asian population wearing the mask for a very long time as soon as they catch a cold, e.g.“, even adding that”it should become a form of civic gesture.»
A recall campaign will begin on Monday, October 3, with three new types of vaccine specifically tailored to the Omicron variant. These vaccines, which contain both the first strain of the virus and this year’s variants.better to limit infection and transmission“, explains Brigitte Outran.
Are we going to return to the era of mandatory masks? “Not yet“, – tempers the president of Covars, who, however, advises to be vigilant. “There’s still no specter of a villain on the horizon.which couldchange the game“. And conclude that the situationhighly monitored, worldwide“.
Source: Le Figaro
