France has been facing, again and for a few days, an increase in cases of Covid-19 contamination, raising fears of a 5th epidemic wave.
The epidemiologist Martin Blachier, however, wants to be reassuring. “It’s going back exactly as we predicted so there are no surprises,” he said. Above all, “everything has been done so that there is no panic today”.
“We knew it was going to start again”
Whether to fear the return of government measures intended to limit the circulation of the coronavirus as much as possible, the professor is also optimistic. “I do not think that we are going to go back to the cycles that were those before and if the health pass has been kept and that we are careful enough, we are rather on a strategy of acceptance because there is have cases, ”he explained on CNEWS.
According to Martin Blachier, “we are not in a strategy of panic, quite the contrary. We knew it was going to start again, it’s not a surprise ”.
As the epidemic receded, contaminations started to rise again. Over one week, the average number of positive cases has increased by 11%.
