Covid-19. “My hand will not shake if we have to decide on the obligation to wear a mask,” assures Francois Brown.

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to unfold in France, in a context already marked by the progression of flu and bronchiolitis, the government is considering reinstating the mandatory mask that the French already know better. BFMTV’s guest this Sunday, Health Minister François Browne, assured that his “hand would not tremble if it were necessary to decide on the obligation to wear a mask, including in all circumstances, if it happened at this level“.

The situation does not require the restoration of this obligation for now, but the executive follows the evolution of joint epidemics, which increase the workload of healthcare professionals, the member of the government explained. The context is complicated by flu and bronchiolitis, he emphasized.There will be only Covid, we are in the same situation as two months ago. But it’s not just Covid“. Therefore, it is impossible to define athe threshold of a miracle“from which the wearing of a mask would be restored because”.all these elementsshould be taken into account.

The minister also calledempower the FrenchIn the case of epidemics, urging them to get vaccinated against flu and Covid-19, particularly if they are at risk, ie the elderly or frail. “We have to go to more prevention. We won’t do it with a stick, hitting the French” but instead causing “a change in mindsetFrancois Brown pleaded. The former emergency physician started “solemn appeal for vaccinationand emphasized the importance of respecting prohibition gestures during winter epidemics.

Although more than 55,000 new cases of Covid-19 are diagnosed on average every day, many actors are calling for a return to wearing masks. At the beginning of November, the Academy of Medicine assessed that it has again become “necessary” to protect the French as a health system in the face of the triple epidemic that has hit France. The same observation this Sunday for Brigitte Autry, patron of Covars, an institution that replaced the scientific council: he also invited “reinforce mask wearing as well as barrier gestures“”, also expressing regret for the low level of vaccination in the country. “The return of the mandatory mask is a political decision and is not for us to decide. But we have to go wearing a maskas much as possible in enclosed spaces where there is significant exposure“, he insisted. A decision that the government refuses to accept for now, preferring to rely on the responsibility of the French.