The coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the world. In eight months, it has killed at least 556,140 people in 196 countries and territories. On Friday, Brazil, for example, crossed the 70,000 dead mark, with a level of new contaminations in 24 hours still very high. However, in France and in Europe, a relaxation of the barrier measures is noted, despite the calls of the Minister of Health Olivier Véran for daily vigilance.
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"Keep the habit of living with the virus"
But at the microphone of Europe 1 on Saturday, the anesthesiologist-resuscitator Raphaël Pitti wanted to be more reassuring: "There has been no hospitalization in France for three months. Even if the virus is circulating, it does not cause physical injury which requires hospital care in intensive care. " He also believes that there will be no second wave of contamination in France this summer. "Outside, the virus dies quickly enough," he said. However, he fears a resumption of the epidemic in the fall. "If we are dealing with a seasonal virus, there is obviously a risk. Like the authorities, I think we have to keep our distance and safety gestures. We have to keep this habit of living with the virus, to be able to do face if he comes back in the fall. "
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The 30,000 dead mark caused by the new coronavirus was crossed Friday in France. The reproduction rate of the epidemic has gone above 1 in mainland France, which means that a patient is now infecting more than one person, and worries the health authorities. The department of Mayenne, affected by several clusters, was declared Friday "in a vulnerable situation" by Public Health France, like Guyana and Mayotte.