Some regions now fear a resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic. In Brittany, the virus's reproduction rate increased sharply to reach the index of 2.62, which means that each new coronavirus patient infects almost three people. 123 new cases have been detected since Wednesday. On the outskirts of the region, in the department of Mayenne, the alert threshold was exceeded three days ago. A decree has just generalized the obligation to wear a mask in an enclosed environment. The rest of France will follow this obligation from Monday.
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"We must be ready for any opportunity"
The evolution of the epidemic situation also worries in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and New Aquitaine. Ten new foci of contamination have been detected in recent days. Infectious disease specialist Karine Lacombe says she is "worried about the figures going up" as well as a certain "individual non-accountability". "The fact of containing the epidemic is our individual and collective responsibility, everyone must be involved in the implementation of these barrier gestures," she said at the microphone of Europe 1.
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While it is already established in Spain, a localized reconfiguration is under study, as confirmed by Prime Minister Jean Castex on the set of France 2: "We must be ready for any opportunity", he said. he declared Friday July 17, while refusing to dramatize. "The figures in Barcelona are much more degraded than those we are seeing." A form of relaxation is also noted by the Prime Minister who calls on the French "to be more vigilant".