Olivier Véran warns the country about a new expansion of the coronavirus from the summer.

“For five days, the virus has not declined, it has increased again.

Because of the delta variant which is very contagious.

The English example shows that a wave is possible from the end of July.

We can limit it and limit the health impact: barrier gestures, vaccine, test / alert / protect, ”assured the Minister of Health on Sunday evening on Twitter.

To avoid this increase, Olivier Véran once again called on the French to be vaccinated as quickly as possible.

“This week, 4.1 million of you have been vaccinated in the center or town, including 1.2 million for your 1st injection.

A record.

But we have to go even faster.

It is a race against time that is being played out in our country, ”he assures us.

Olivier Véran evokes "a collective challenge"

“Vaccines reduce the risk of severe form, including with the delta variant.

Vaccinated, we infect ourselves much less, we transmit much less, and we no longer live under stress.

It is a collective challenge to achieve collective immunity, let us take it up together, ”added the minister on Twitter, while the question of compulsory vaccination of caregivers is being studied within the executive. .

During a trip this Sunday to a special edition of the Solidays music festival dedicated to caregivers, the minister assured that "asking a caregiver to be vaccinated is not pointing the finger at it".

It is a question of "asking them to go to the end of their commitment", while certain vaccines are already compulsory for them, recalled Olivier Véran.

The vaccination rate for caregivers peaks at 57% in nursing homes and 64% in hospitals, according to the French Hospital Federation (FHF).

Stable figures this Sunday

Hospital figures for the Covid-19 epidemic remained stable and at a level that was still contained on Sunday, according to Public Health France.

Hospitals counted 7,913 Covid-19 patients on Sunday (compared to 7,912 on Saturday and 8,986 the previous Sunday), including 1,104 in critical care (1,102 the day before and 1,345 seven days ago).

On the side of contaminations, 2,549 new cases (3,006 Saturday) have been confirmed over the last 24 hours.

The positivity rate, which represents the number of positive tests compared to all tests performed, remains low at 0.8% over the last seven days.

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