“Parisians you can stay at home!” “It’s the tourists’ fault” “Brittany was spared before their arrival”. Internet users are not tender with tourists, many in this summer season in our region. Many see this influx of visitors as the main cause of the increased reproduction rate of the coronavirus, which is now 2.62 in Brittany, which means that the epidemic is starting to rise again and that 10 patients can infect 26 people.
“There has been an influx of trips to Brittany in recent weeks, especially to holiday resorts”, designs infectiologist Cédric Arvieux from the Rennes University Hospital. “It is not specific to Brittany, we have seen an increase in the circulation of the virus in other tourist regions such as New Aquitaine or in the PACA region,” he explains.
However, this is not the main explanation. “There is a loss of habits. The barrier gestures are less applied two months after the end of confinement”. Dr. Arvieux also expects an increase in the number of cases due to “that there is a little more viral circulation in Brittany”.
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