Jean-Daniel Lelièvre, head of the infectious diseases department at Henri-Mondor Hospital, told the microphone of France Inter that France could “not avoid a new confinement”, but “that it should not be put too early . “
An inevitable third confinement? Jean-Daniel Lelièvre, head of the infectious diseases department at Henri-Mondor Hospital in Créteil, told France Inter on Monday “that we will not be able to[it] not avoid a new confinement “, whether regional or national. However the latter also indicates that one should not draw hasty conclusions and that the curfew could be a game-changer.
Variants, “a source of concern”
“We will not be able to avoid a new confinement. Afterwards, will it be regional, national? Are we obliged to do it throughout the country? We will have to see as we go along epidemiologists, “said this vaccine expert to the HAS (Haute Autorité de Santé) on France Inter.
The latter anticipates a possible re-containment because of the variants of the British and South African Covid-19:
“We did not expect to have these mutants so quickly”, admits the specialist, before continuing: “we see that they are arriving more and more and this is obviously a source of concern.”
However, the head of the infectious diseases department at Henri-Mondor Hospital considers that the current situation is not at the point of the first two confinements.
“Containment is undoubtedly interesting, for all that it should probably not be put too early. (…) It all depends on the impact of the curfew and a whole bunch of phenomena that are poorly controlled. Right now. We’re on a projection around March. “
Do not close schools or businesses
He also believes that even in the event of re-containment, it is necessary to “keep the schools open” because, he assures, “children are not the major vectors of this infection”.
Asked about the possibility of a new confinement, Olivier Véran on January 5 declared that he wanted at all costs “to avoid total confinement, the closure of shops.”
“We no longer want that and we are giving ourselves the means to avoid it,” he added.
However, “if I told you, ‘we will not re-define’, it is because I would include myself in the category of predictors, of which you know that I am not part”, had then kicked in touch the Minister Solidarity and Health.
