Second wave of Covid-19 in Europe or not? Jean-François Delfraissy admits "very great concerns", in an interview given by the president of the scientific council to AFP. “There are a number of risks that the virus will return in the fall. "
"We are extremely struck by what is happening in the southern hemisphere at the moment, which is in southern winter," he says. The epidemic is igniting, in South America, in South Africa, in Australia, which has just confined Melbourne whereas this country was until now extremely protected. "
"An almost complete loss of distancing measures"
For Europe, the doctor specializing in immunology indicates that "a lot of evidence suggests that there could be a return of the virus by the end of October or the month of November", even if "it is not a certainty "
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- 20 Minutes (@ 20Minutes) July 8, 2020Jean-François Delfraissy even warns of the “risk of a recovery, a little different, before the end of the summer” in France, “if our fellow citizens continue to deviate from these measures [barrier]. "Because if" all the [current] figures are good "," there is an almost complete loss of distancing measures, especially among the young population. "
In the midst of these not necessarily reassuring statements, the president of the scientific council still slides some reasons for hope, if the famous second wave arrives. "If this is the case, we will obviously be much more ready than we were in February. "
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