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While France has reached a new milestone by crossing the bar of 4,000 dead from the coronavirus epidemic on Wednesday, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has sketched before deputies the path to progressive deconfinement. Initially planned until April 15, confinement could end delayed for the French depending on regions, age groups or after tests. The various avenues are still being studied. Professor Arnaud Fontanet, epidemiologist at the Institut Pasteur, is a member of the COVID-19 Scientific Council. He reacts on Europe 1.
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If a deconfinement is not yet on the agenda, the professor explains that one of the scenarios provides for the identification of vulnerable populations, in particular people aged over 60, 65 years. "They will have to stay confined longer. From the age of 60, the risk of developing a serious form and dying from the disease is greater. The threshold may be placed at 65, 70 years, which determine the people for whom it You will have to be extremely careful because if they were exposed to the virus again they would be more able to develop serious forms. "
"There are several possible scenarios. Our goal is to provide scenarios and the government will make the arbitration, compatible with life in the country", nuance Arnaud Fontanet.
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