Olivier Véran : Do not go too fast, it has not yet won the war

“We don’t do today, 700 000 tests” per week, admits the Health minister. It was one of the key points and strategic plan déconfinement of the government to

“We don’t do today, 700 000 tests” per week, admits the Health minister.

It was one of the key points and strategic plan déconfinement of the government to control the outbreak of coronavirus. France had announced an ambitious target of 700 000 tests per week from the 11th of may. Monday, while he was on a visit to a screening centre in Argenteuil (Val-d’oise), Olivier Véran said at the microphone of BFM TV : “We don’t do today, 700 000 tests”.

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According to the minister of Health, this is explained by the fact that “the virus is circulating, very little.” At the present time, “a few hundred” diagnostic would be carried out each day for a positivity rate of around 1%. “For every 100 people, there are less than two who are tested positive”, emphasised the minister, who noted, however, that France would have largely the capacity to increase the number of tests in the event of a resurgence of the epidemic and a peak in the number of cases. During the peak of the epidemic, Olivier Véran says that “20 to 25% of the tests were positive”.

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“It is too early to relax our vigilance,”

The Health minister also held stated that day after day the situation in France has improved. He nonetheless called for caution. “It is too early to relax our vigilance. All our efforts should be rewarded on the duration”, he says.

“Don’t go too fast, we managed to win a battle by the effort of all, a battle that it has been very difficult to win, we have not yet won the war, so vigilance,” the minister stressed, who reminds us that”between the time where one takes a decision to the lifting of the containment and the time where you can have an impact on the epidemic, it takes 10 to 15 days”, in reference to the phase 2 of the déconfinement which began on 2 June.

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Olivier Véran evokes the situation of the Val d’oise department, classified as red on the map of the déconfinemnt unveiled by Edouard Philippe on 7 may. The occupancy rates for intensive care units remains high, but “improves”, according to Olivier Véran.

Date Of Update: 08 June 2020, 14:58

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