7th wave of Covid: what to expect?

Published by Nathanaël de Sortiraparis · Published on June 26, 2022 at 01:41 p.m.
As you've no doubt noticed, Covid-19 is back with a vengeance, causing tens of thousands of infections every day. The cause is a new, more contagious sub-variant, which could well push the government into action.

Around 80,000 new cases of Covid-19 every day - that's the current health situation, following the appearance of the BA5 variant in France. This is a cousin ofOmicron, even more contagious, but less virulent. As a result, the virus is circulating actively throughout the country, especially in the Paris region. And while the government has yet to announce any measures to curb this 7th wave, it would be astonishing if nothing were done. We can therefore expect decisions to be taken quickly. For many epidemiologists, reintroducing mandatory masks on public transport would be a good start.

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In addition, a draft bill has been put forward by the government. It would re-introduce the health pass for entry into France. Inside the country, everything will come to a head between now and July 31, because after this deadline, it will no longer be possible to re-establish the state of health emergency, and the draft bill makes no provision for extending this deadline. FromAugust onwards, it will no longer be possible to re-establish a health or vaccination pass for access to certain places.

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