Olivier Véran was the guest of BFMTV this Sunday, June 6. The Minister of Health has displayed his optimism on the decline in the circulation of the virus in France while calling for further respect for the barrier gestures.
“The epidemic situation continues to improve,” said Olivier Véran in the preamble, this Sunday noon on BFMTV. The Minister of Health, while showing caution, displayed his optimism.
“We are hunting down the Indian variant which is 40% more transmissible.” Although present in the Landes, “there is no major concern at this stage”.
Wearing a mask still compulsory in June
“We have a 20 to 25% drop in the circulation of the virus each week. We have a level of hospitalizations comparable to the month of September. Obviously, this gradual deconfinement is going well. So we continue to respect the rules. . “
Olivier Véran specified that “the wearing of the mask would remain obligatory outside in June (…) We will be sure to have definitively beaten the virus only when we will have reached November and December next when the climatic conditions of circulation of the virus will be such that we would be exposed to a wave … If the wave does not arrive, we can say the Covid is in the past. “
Vaccination of children
“We do not yet have sufficient data to launch the vaccination of the youngest (…) we are focusing on the vaccination of adolescents,” he explained. He also insisted on the need to “convince those who are hesitant”. “We are going to achieve fairly unprecedented coverage rates in our country without having to force people. We must continue the” move towards “by going to vaccinate the most vulnerable at home, develop the vaccibus …
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