Covid: "There'll be no more containment, unless there's a new variant," says Alain Fischer

For the past few days, all eyes have been on Denmark , which has announced the total lifting of its restrictions as of September 10. A return to normal life envied by many, while new covid-19 contaminations are still being recorded daily in France. But the health situation is improving in mainland France, with a steady decline in the number of new hospitalizations and new cases, according to the latest figures from Santé publique France.

Coronavirus in France this Friday June 30, 2023: +10 deaths from Covid and +985 new cases
Find out the latest figures on the covid-19 epidemic in France. According to the latest report from Santé Publique France, France has reported a total of +10 additional deaths. There are this Friday June 30, 2023, 167,664 deaths in total and +985 new cases confirmed in 24 hours. [Read more]

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Interviewed on BFMTV on August 30, 2021, Alain Fischer, President of the Conseil d'orientation de la stratégie vaccinale, spoke of this famous return to an "almost" normal life. Confident that he didn't know exactly when this final stage would take place, the immunologist nevertheless felt that we were " not very far from a return to a life fairly close to normal ", before calling on the French to remain cautious in the face of the epidemic.

" Many activities have resumed " in France, explained Alain Fischer, but "it's true that there are still some limits, and I'm not able " to say when we'll be able to resume our activities as before the health crisis. " I'm not able to go into that degree of precision. We're not very far from returning to a life that's fairly close to normal, but I can't be more precise because it depends on the population's adherence to vaccination, respect for barrier measures, etc. " he admitted.

On the other hand, Professor , Chairman of the Conseil d'Orientation de la Stratégie Vaccinale (Vaccine Strategy Advisory Board), asserted that " there will be no more containment, unless there is a new variant ".

" If we combine vaccination, the fact of reasonably respecting barrier measures and perhaps also new therapies... We're already in a situation where we'll no longer need containment. Unless there's a new variant, but frankly, I don't believe it... we have a lot of reassuring information ", declared Alain Fischer on BFMTV.