C’was in June 2020. The scientific debate centered on the potential existence of a second wave. Emmanuel Macron hailed in his speech on June 14 a “first victory against the virus” and called for “preparing in case the epidemic returns with more force”.
Two years later, “we are at the foot of a seventh wave”, estimates Vincent Maréchal, virologist and director of the Epidemiological Observatory in wastewater (Obepine). In two weeks, the incidence rate, at its lowest since November 2021, has doubled in France. The anti-Covid tests carried out in the population are positive in 20% of cases against 14%. The number of daily patient admissions to hospital has been on the rise for ten days, although it remains at a rather low level, around…
