The increase in Covid-19 cases in certain regions worries Pascal Crépey, especially since the government confirms the easing of health restrictions. No longer having to wear the mask “does not mean the obligation to no longer wear it”, he underlines.
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“The situation [sanitaire] is not as good as one would have hoped”alerted epidemiologist Pascal Crepey on Thursday March 10 on franceinfo, four days before the lifting of the obligation to wear a mask indoors and the end of the vaccination pass. “We are not yet in a safe situation vis-à-vis the epidemic” of Covid-19, he believes, echoing the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who said the day before that to think it was over was a “serious mistake”.
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“Unfortunately, we see an increase in the incidence in certain regions, such as Brittany”explains Pascal Crépey. “What is emerging is a situation of somewhat general recovery”because of vacation returns, “related to this second Omicron variant, the BA.2 variant”.
Prime Minister Jean Castex confirmed on Thursday March 3 the end of the wearing of the compulsory mask in almost all places and the “suspension” of the vaccination pass from March 14. The Minister of Labor Elisabeth Borne, for her part, announced on Tuesday the end of the health protocol in companies. “The rules of distance will disappear”as well as those applied in collective catering, said the Minister. Concerning this lifting of constraints, Pascal Crépey recalls that “the end of the obligation to wear a mask does not mean the obligation to no longer wear the mask”and that it will be necessary “people at risk continue to be very vigilant in places with a lot of mixing and poorly ventilated”.