The Pyrénées-Atlantiques department is the one where the Covid-19 circulates the least in metropolitan France. “I received a lot of vacationers here for two, three weeks, it has not stopped, confides a resident. And I was expecting it to go up suddenly. You might have immunity from the sea air. “ Since a peak in November 2020 at 600 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the drop is regular and spectacular in the department. On Wednesday March 10, positive cases fell to 42.7 per 100,000 inhabitants.
The figures are surprising, in a tourist department with large cities, and a border with Spain. “Explanations, there may be several, comments Maritxu Blanzaco, departmental director of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques regional health agency. Some scientists talk about the weather, great respect for barrier gestures (…), and the border was closed. “ A number of residents could also have been immunized since the peak in November.
The JT
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