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Covid-19: 2 new variants relaunch the epidemic
A Covid test kiosk in Beijing.
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By: Stéphane Lagarde Follow |
Caroline Pare Follow
1 min
As summer approaches, Covid-19 indicators are on the rise, casting doubt on a possible 7th wave of contamination.
The doubts relate in particular to the transmission of the sub-variants of Omicron, BA4 and BA5, responsible for a major outbreak in Portugal in recent weeks.
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After a significant lull in France, the number of cases is rising, while there are no longer any restrictions, either in transport or in places frequented by the public.
Priority Health takes stock.
Pr Arnaud Fontanet,
Head of the Epidemiology of Emerging Diseases Unit at the
Institut Pasteur
and Professor at
the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts
Stéphane Lagarde,
RFI correspondent in Beijing
Yap Boum 2,
director of
Epicenter
for Africa, the research arm of Doctors Without Borders
Dr Massamba Sassoum Diop
, emergency doctor and president of SOS Médecins in Dakar, Senegal.
Emergency physician at SAMU de l'Essonne, in the Paris region.
President of the Senegalese Society of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
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