Covid-19 epidemic under control in France, experts say

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The Covid-19 epidemic is currently "controlled" in France, said the President of the Scientific Council, Professor Jean-François Delfraissy, on Friday June 5.

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"The virus continues to circulate, in particular in certain regions [...] but it circulates at a low speed", affirmed professor Jean-Paul Delfraissy on France Inter. For the President of the Scientific Council, "  where we had roughly several tens of thousands of cases, around 80,000 new cases per day in early March before confinement, we estimate that we are now around 1,000 cases close  ”.

The immunologist deduces a “  significant reduction  ”, noting that from now on, France “  has all the tools to detect these new cases. We have the tests, we then have a whole system of isolation and contact of the contacts, which obviously prevents extension.  "

Four likely scenarios

The Scientific Council, responsible for guiding the authorities in the management of the Covid-19 crisis, had published this Thursday June 4 a new opinion recommending to prepare for "  four probable scenarios  " for the coming months, ranging from an "  epidemic under control  " to "  critical degradation  ".

"  We think it is scenario number one, that is to say control of the epidemic, which is the most likely, " said Jean-Paul Delfraissy. It is linked both to the consequences of confinement, it is linked to the fact that this virus may be sensitive to a certain form of temperature.  "

The number of intensive care patients in France continues to drop daily, with just over 1,000 people in serious condition compared to more than 7,000 two months ago. 29,065 people have died from the disease in France since the start of the epidemic.

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