How to explain this rebound? The infectiologist points in particular to the removal “of the last dikes of restrictions that existed”, such as the end of wearing a mask in public transport, which he says “deplore”.
“There is no lasting immunity to these coronaviruses, in the same way as the flu and that is why we vaccinate every year”
According to Benjamin Davido, “the fact that this virus can strike in the middle of summer makes it endemic”, in other words, “it circulates throughout the year”. He believes that we must “anticipate the next waves”. “You have to be able to say that there will be booster shots,” he insists.
Favorable to a “relaunch of vaccination”, the infectiologist thinks that it is necessary “to explain to the French why we are going to make vaccine reminders”. “There is no lasting immunity to these coronaviruses, in the same way as the flu and that is why we vaccinate every year. »
Undetected contaminations?
As summer approaches, the Covid-19 is therefore on the rise again throughout the country, particularly in Île-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Hauts-de-France. . According to figures from Public Health France, in recent days, a positive person infects an average of at least 1.3 contacts.
On average, at the national level, over the last seven days, the incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants exceeds 400. It is slightly lower in New Aquitaine (369). Experts believe it likely that at least five times as much contamination will go undetected.
Ten European countries affected by the epidemic recovery
France is not the only country affected by this epidemic rebound since it concerns ten European states. After Portugal – where the recovery was brutal in early June and deadly for the over 80s – Germany, the United Kingdom and Denmark in particular are seeing their covid indicators start to rise again.
“We are seeing a gradual replacement of BA.2 by BA.5. It now represents 30% of contaminations and could become the majority this week, notes Bruno Lina, professor of virology, in the columns of the “Sunday Journal”. A more contagious sub-variant but a priori not more dangerous. The expert notes a hospitalization rate identical to that recorded with BA.1, but “slightly stronger clinical forms: more fever, fatigue and digestive disorders”.
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