The indicators of the presence of Covid-19 have started to rise again. The virus circulates with more intensity among seniors, indicates Public Health France.
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The circulation of Covid is intensifying in France and in Center-Val de Loire. 147 people were admitted to the region’s emergency room for suspected COVID-19 at the end of September. The tests carried out revealed a positivity rate of 15%.
In doctors’ offices, consultations relating to covid have also resumed. The number of acts drawn up by SOS Médecins in the region seems relatively low – around twenty in mid-September. The situation is, however, taken very seriously by Public Health France, because the majority of patients are aged 65 and over, a population at risk, subject to complications in the event of contracting the virus.
In this context, the health agency insists on “the systematic adoption of barrier gestures by all“, particularly on wearing a mask in the event of symptoms, in busy places and in the presence of vulnerable people.
A new vaccination campaign against Covid, but also the flu, will begin on October 15 and particularly target French people aged 65 and over and people at risk of serious illness.
If vaccines lose effectiveness over time against infections, they remain very protective against serious forms, insist the health authorities.
If, since May 2023, the World Health Organization no longer considers the pandemic a global health emergency, it regularly reminds that SARS-CoV-2 “continues to circulate and evolve“.
Over time and waves, the impact of covid on hospitalizations and deaths has greatly diminished thanks to the high level of immunity acquired through vaccination and/or infections.
But it is not zero, and the risk of a more dangerous variant remains.
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