Covid-19: should we change our strategy in the face of the Omicron variant?

The number of new contaminations remains massive in France, with 305,322 new cases recorded on Thursday January 13. Also, epidemiologists are wondering whether to continue to screen massively. “Perhaps not, insofar as we have arrived at a time when almost one in two tests is positive. It weighs very heavily, in particular, on pharmacists, but also on parents”, explains Marina Career ofCash in, doctor.

According to her, because of the extreme contagiousness of Omicron, we begin to think that if we are considered a contact case and have symptoms, we are positive. But there is no question of letting the virus slip away so that everyone is infected. “Not at the moment, for two reasons. First, because there are a lot of hospitalizations with Omicron, it weighs very heavily on the hospital, and it will weigh at least until mid-February. Then, because there are fragile people who can have serious forms”, adds Marina Career ofCash in.