LIVE – “I am confident”: for Véran, France could escape a re-containment – BFMTV

Olivier Véran said that “it would be necessary to repair the consequences of the Covid, the mental health of the French for example”. “I am thinking of the lack of sport, of poor diet, of the increase in addictive practices,” he listed in particular.

“I am confident” that France will not have to reconfine if it continues to vaccinate at the current rate, Olivier Véran said on Monday on BFMTV, rejoicing that the country escaped confinement this summer. “This has not been the case in all countries.”

“I think we have the wherewithal not to re-limit,” he continued.

The Minister of Health Olivier Véran deplored “an epidemic of unvaccinated” in the West Indies. “I was marked with Sébastien Lecornu in Martinique (…), it is a situation such that we did not even know it in the Grand Est during the first wave” of Covid-19.

Olivier Véran indicated, on the set of BFMTV on Monday, that he noted “a small decrease for 5-6 days” in the number of cases of Covid-19 in France. However, he calls for being “very careful”, especially as the start of the school year approaches, and remains “very careful”.

“More than 80% of French people who can be vaccinated have received at least one injection”, underlined the Minister of Health on our antenna. “It minimizes the movements of discontent that we sometimes talk about a lot, especially on Saturday afternoons.”

Olivier Véran was delighted, this Monday on BFMTV, that “6 million tests were carried out last week” in France in order to detect Covid-19. “Our system has held up,” he said.

“The High Authority for Health will soon inform us about the 3rd dose” of vaccine against Covid-19, continued the Minister of Health on BFMTV. “I think she will tell us to do 3rd injection in people over 65”.

Olivier Véran says he has “asked (his) services to set up the third dose program for those who fall under it”. He also specifies that “there will be a period of 6 months between the second and the third dose. It will be opened at the beginning of September, why not?”.

The peak of the 4th wave could be reached in the hospital “in a few days”, declared the Minister of Health, basing himself on projections of the Pasteur Institute. Then, France could experience a stabilization of admissions to hospitals and intensive care units.

The virus “overwhelms us in areas where vaccination is insufficient,” added Olivier Véran, referring to overseas territories where the health situation is particularly worrying.

The Minister of Health Olivier Véran recalled this Monday that “the fourth wave (of Covid-19) began in July” last because of the Delta variant. “If we did not have the weapons we have today, this wave would have had a terrible impact in the heart of summer,” he said, indicating that there were 20,000 contaminations per day in France .

Jean-Michel Blanquer made the announcement in the JDD: the protocol adopted for the start of the September 2 school year in mainland France is the one known as “level 2”: face-to-face lessons in schools, colleges and high schools, compulsory mask inside from primary school, limitation of mixing by level and reinforced ventilation . We summarize the main metrics for you in this infographic.

The United States has now fully endorsed the Pfizer / BioNTech alliance vaccine for people 16 years of age and older, a move that should help bolster vaccination efforts in the country.

Pfizer’s vaccine had been granted emergency authorization since December. It continues to be available to children and adolescents aged 12 to 15 under this conditional authorization, the FDA said.

Although millions of people have already been safely vaccinated against Covid-19, we recognize that for some, this authorization may give more confidence in the vaccination, ”said Acting Chief of the FDA, Janet Woodcock , quoted in the press release.

“Today’s important milestone brings us one step closer to turning the tide of the pandemic in the United States,” she added.

This complete authorization could not only convince some hesitant, but it could also allow certain authorities to impose vaccination without fear of legal recourse. The Pentagon had notably announced that all members of the American armed forces should be vaccinated once full authorization was announced.

Hello everyone and welcome to this new live. Olivier Véran is Yves Calvi’s guest for the premiere of your new “Calvi 3D” meeting, at 6:50 pm on BFMTV. A few days before the start of the school year, the Minister of Health will return to the epidemic situation, which is causing many concerns.

For nearly a month, the curve of hospitalizations linked to Covid-19 has continued to rise. The number of Covid-19 patients followed in critical care is still above 2,000 patients. This indicator, closely scrutinized by health authorities, had fallen below the threshold of 1,000 patients on July 7.

The situation is particularly worrying overseas. Schools, colleges and high schools will close “from Monday” in French Polynesia due to the outbreak of Covid-19, as part of a tightening of containment planned for two weeks.