The figures for the coronavirus in France are bad.
Among the 850 new patients hospitalized for Covid-19, 100 were admitted to the intensive care unit.
A situation that worries caregivers, exhausted by the first wave and still lacking in staff.
Contacted by Europe 1, Professor Djillali Annane, from the Poincaré hospital in Garches, said that it will be "complicated to manage such a situation again".
INTERVIEW
The Covid-19 figures continue to soar: more than 13,000 new cases of contamination recorded in 24 hours, Friday, 123 deaths and 850 new hospitalizations.
But among the figures of the latest assessment, one data is particularly worrying: the increase in the number of patients admitted to intensive care (+100).
A situation which particularly worries health professionals, still "groggy" after the ordeal of the first wave, and still understaffed.
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"Until March, even until May 2021"
"Two weeks ago, it was less than a third of patients who were affected by Covid, and today it is more than half of the patients", explains Professor Djillali Annane, head of the intensive medicine department and resuscitation of the Poincaré hospital in Garches, at the microphone of Europe 1. "We note an acceleration of serious cases, almost all of the patients who are admitted for Covid are intubated and in an artificial coma", he continues.
Once the observation is made, then comes the concern and the many questions about tomorrow.
"We are in a situation that will not be easy, especially because we lack staff, caregivers ... We do not see, today, where the reinforcements could come from", laments the doctor.
According to him, if the number of severe cases continues to increase in the coming days, it will be difficult for caregivers to manage such a situation again.
Faced with these new, discouraging figures, Professor Djillali Annane is not very optimistic.
"I hope I am wrong, but I believe we are left to be in a delicate situation until March, even May 2021."