A group of doctors claims in a column published by the "JDD" that "everywhere, and at all times", the measures announced by the government are accompanied by "strict respect for the wearing of masks and barrier measures" and that all activities where this is not possible are suspended. 

A group of doctors is calling for the establishment "from this weekend" of "drastic measures" against the coronavirus to avoid "a second wave much more difficult to manage for hospitals and intensive care units than the first".

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"Without strong measures to fight against the epidemic, the number of patients admitted each day in intensive care in a month will be around 650, equivalent to that which we experienced at the maximum of the first wave and will exceed 1,200 in mid-November", they warn in a column published Sunday in the

JDD

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"Spain, Israel, the United Kingdom, Italy have for almost 15 days already implemented measures, some of them going to containment. The health situation in France is no different from that of these countries. So it is now that we must act quickly and strongly, "alert the seven signatories, including infectious disease specialist Karine Lacombe and public health professor Philippe Amouyel, from the Lille University Hospital.

Spend "serene All Saints holidays"

The group of doctors demands that "everywhere, and at all times", the measures announced by the government are accompanied by "strict respect for the wearing of masks and barrier measures" and that all activities where they do not be suspended. is not possible.

"Bars and restaurants must strictly observe the closing times decided by the government and strictly apply barrier measures: the mask must be worn there at all times except during actual consumption," they add.

"Applied from this weekend and maintained for 2 to 3 weeks, these measures could bring the level of the epidemic back to that which we experienced last June" and would allow to spend "a serene All Saints holiday".

Among the signatories are also Prof. Gilbert Deray, head of the nephrology department at the Pitié-Salpetrière hospital and Prof. Bruno Mégarbane, head of the medical resuscitation department at the Lariboisière hospital.