“Flirt” is gaining ground in France. This new variant of Covid-19 raises fears of a new epidemic wave this summer, as the school holidays approach and one month before the launch of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Four years after the start of the health crisis, this new mutation of the virus, in the lineage of Omicron and called “Flirt”, is closely scrutinized by scientists because of its increased contagiousness and its resistance to vaccines.
The risk is indeed very present, according to the evolution of epidemiological indicators. In its bulletin of Wednesday June 26, Public Health France indicates that “all indicators were increasing but were still at levels lower than those of the last two waves” over the period from June 17 to 23, which thus evokes consequences “moderate” on the French healthcare system.
The share of the virus in SOS Médecins medical procedures increased by 0.9% over the period and by 0.1% in emergency room visits. This rebound, which is noticeable in France, has also been observed since the week of June 3 to 10, when emergency room visits increased by 52% while procedures performed by SOS Médecins were also up by 51% for the same period, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Wastewater, where the presence of Sars-CoV-2 is monitored in 12 stations, also shows a clear
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Source LePoint.fr
