Covid-19: why are infectious diseases on the increase?
Transfer of a plasma sample donated by a person cured of the coronavirus.
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By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow
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Nine months of health crisis, 33 million infections, and more than a million victims, such is the toll of the Covid-19 pandemic which continues to panic the world.
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Pascal Boireau heads the Animal Health Laboratory of ANSES (Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety Agency) which was the first laboratory created in the world to fight infectious and contagious animal diseases.
He denounces human responsibility in the current health crisis and worries for decades to come.
He is our guest.
For more information:
Animal health laboratory - Maisons-Alfort and Dozulé sites
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