Europe 1 with AFP 11:43 am, May 06, 2023

The day after the lifting by the World Health Organization (WHO) of the maximum alert level on the pandemic, Minister Delegate Agnès Firmin Le Bodo calls on the French to "remain vigilant" in the face of Covid-19, which "is still circulating" in France. "This is good news that should also force us to remain vigilant," she said.

We must "remain vigilant" against Covid-19, a virus that "still circulates" in France, warned Saturday the minister delegate Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, the day after the lifting by the World Health Organization (WHO) of the maximum alert level on the pandemic. "This is good news that must also force us to remain vigilant," said on Franceinfo the minister delegate in charge of territorial organization and health professions, calling in particular the elderly to continue to be vaccinated and the rest of the population to "remain vigilant in barrier gestures".

"The virus is still circulating"

If "global immunity is almost there", there are on the other hand "still hospitalizations due to Covid", recalled the minister delegate. "The virus is still circulating," she insisted.

Agnès Firmin Le Bodo also deplored the adoption Thursday by the National Assembly of a text to repeal the vaccination obligation of caregivers, which the government simply plans to suspend. "If ever a new variant arrives, we need to be able to react quickly. This repeal of the vaccination obligation will prevent us from reacting quickly," she said.