Jean-Sébastien Soldaini, edited by Gauthier Delomez 7:54 a.m., September 19, 2021

The Minister of Health Olivier Véran mentioned new avenues so that "the French can breathe as soon as possible" in an interview with "Parisien", while the epidemic seems to be receding. Among them, the lifting of the health pass in certain places. On Europe 1, the infectious disease doctor Benjamin Davidot calls for caution.

While the anti-health pass protests continue every week, with another 80,000 people present this Saturday according to the Interior Ministry, the government is considering loosening the screw.

The Minister of Health Olivier Véran mentioned a possible easing of health restrictions within a few weeks, while the Covid-19 epidemic seems to be receding in France.

A statement that follows that of President Emmanuel Macron, also inclined to lift the restrictions and in particular the health pass.

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"What we want is for the French to be able to breathe as soon as possible".

Here are the words of Olivier Véran in

Le Parisien Dimanche

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The Minister of Health evokes some rather optimistic tracks when he notes that there has been no epidemic rebound after the start of the school year.

"We could gradually ease the restrictions where the virus circulates the least," he said.

The disappearance of the health pass mentioned

This relief could include the disappearance of the health pass, at the center of disputes every Saturday.

However, on Europe 1, Benjamin Davidot, infectious disease doctor at Raymond-Poincaré hospital in Garches, was more cautious.

"You have to be clear-headed. We are coming into the fall season and winter, so there will be a fifth wave. It seems difficult to escape it," he warned.

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And the infectious disease doctor bet on vaccination: "64% of the population is fully vaccinated. To have collective immunity, you need much larger figures, around 80%. You have to stay Eight out of ten patients who arrive at the hospital are not vaccinated, and vaccination divides by ten the probability of ending up in the hospital ".

Lights on green

The epidemic is not behind us, continues the doctor.

Olivier Véran shares this assertion, even if he emphasizes that the lights are green.

Contamination is falling by 30% per week and there have been no new, more contagious variants that have appeared this summer.

The Minister of Health also addressed the indictment of his predecessor, Agnès Buzyn, for his role in the management of the Covid 19 epidemic. Olivier Véran says he “never acted with the fear of a legal threat ”.