Gabriel Attal warned about the evolution of the circulation of the virus in six departments of southwestern France: in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in Charente-Maritime, in the Lot-et-Garonne, in Charente, in the Landes and Gironde.
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One week before the next stage of reopening, the executive called on Wednesday not to ” Lower the guards ” facing the Covid-19, evoking in particular “Warning signs” in the southwest.
“If the overall level of circulation of the virus is comparable to that of the beginning of last autumn, warning signals are emerging in certain territories”, said the government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, after the Council of Ministers, preceded by a health defense council.
“In New Aquitaine, we are seeing sometimes significant increases in the circulation of the virus”, according to the spokesperson.
Six departments of the South-West
“This unfavorable development is particularly marked in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques”, where the incidence has increased by nearly 80% over a week, said Gabriel Attal. She is too, ” to a lesser extent “ in Charente-Maritime, Lot-et-Garonne, Charente, Landes and Gironde.
For its part, the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Nouvelle-Aquitaine has announced that the Delta variant, identified for the first time in India in April 2021 and considered to be more contagious, has been spotted in a family in the metropolitan area. of Dax (Landes) without it having been linked to India or Great Britain.
“If we are not able to find the source of this contamination, it is because there was a circulation of the variant which had not been detected”, explained the delegate of the ARS in the Landes, Didier Couteaud,
According to Gabriel Attal, the“Unfavorable development is particularly marked in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques” and “To a lesser extent in Charente-Maritime, Lot-et-Garonne, Charente, Landes and Gironde”.
“A warning signal”
“It’s a warning signal”, stressed the spokesperson, calling for no “Not let your guard down”, while specifying that the level of circulation of the virus remained “Moderate”.
At the national level, the incidence rate fell below 100 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants over a week (91 according to the latest figures released on May 29 by Public Health France), a level not reached since mid-September 2020.
The decline in the circulation of the virus, which has continued since the end of April, has also made it possible to alleviate the pressure on the hospital system.
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