Covid-19 – Hospital, peak of the 5th wave, new measures: “Health pressure is increasing and several parameters worry us”, considers Olivier Véran

In front of the 5^e vague, the situation is gradually tending to hospital. Indeed, this Saturday, Public Health France identified 2539 patients in critical care. The white plan, which makes it possible in particular to deprogram operations for the benefit of Covid-19 and to reassign staff to critical care services, has been triggered in several regions of France, in particular in Occitanie. And others variants who continue to worry, like the variant Omicron and you Congolese variant.

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“We may not be able to accommodate as many Covid patients in intensive care as during the first wave”

“The sanitary pressure increases and several parameters worry us “, testified in these terms Olivier Véran this Sunday in the columns of the Parisian. “As the wave is national, we can no longer send reinforcements or carry out massive interregional evacuations”. “We may not be able to accommodate as many Covid patients in intensive care as during the first wave”, he warns.

For the health Minister, “in all likelihood we are reaching the peak”. “Daily contaminations increased by 60% over a week. It is now much less. Between Saturday 4 and Saturday 11 December, the increase is only 5%. While the number of screening tests has increased by + 25% in the meantime. This is a good sign. It remains to be seen whether the contaminations will then decrease quickly or remain on a high plateau. It is too early to tell “.

“We can see that the epidemic wave is beginning to slow down. This shows that the measures taken are effective. New restrictions are not on the agenda, but let’s remain cautious and continue our efforts”.