Covid-19: new rebound of the epidemic

by time news
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After a lull since the beginning of October, positive cases such as hospitalizations are on the rise again in France.

Will this pandemic ever end? The question may seem legitimate as the waves of Covid-19 have followed one another since the beginning of 2020. If the worst of the crisis seems behind us, the number of cases as well as hospitalizations have started to rise again for ten days. The succession of public holidays at the start of the month and the strike by analysis laboratories (which no longer systematically report positive results) contributed to blurring the reading of the indicators, but the rebound is very real. However, is this likely to upset the optimistic forecasts for the coming months?

The virus is still circulating actively in France and around the world. Our country is not the only one affected by this recovery. Massive vaccination provides significant protection against severe forms of the disease, but this decreases over time. Therefore, it is normal for the epidemic phases to follow one another. This new increase is not…

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