Olivier Véran, Minister of Solidarity and Health, was the guest at 8:30 am franceinfo on Wednesday January 12, 2022. He answered questions from Marc Fauvelle and Salhia Brakhlia.
Covid-19: “the hypothesis of a decrease” in contamination “over the” next few days “
The government “follows the hypothesis of a decrease in the number of contaminations” in “the next days“said the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, Wednesday January 12 on franceinfo. “We could [le] see in England“and France”has a gap of a few days with the English“, he recalled. The other hypothesis is that “L‘we sit on a form of tray, more or less level, as we had known for a while “ with the Delta variant.
“We test a lot in our country, we also screen a lot “, recalled Olivier Véran. “So it takes a little longer, compared to the previous variants that we have known, to be able to tell whether or not we are at the peak.“, he developed.
According to the Minister of Health, “What is certain is that the Omicron variant has already circulated a lot, and that if we follow the curves observed in certain countries which precede us in terms of epidemic with the variant Omicron, we might expect to be in peak form soon“.
Vaccine pass: Olivier Véran “will ask the senators” to review their position
“I will ask the senators to withdraw” of their version of the bill establishing the vaccine pass the mechanism that provides for its automatic shutdown, said Olivier Véran. This mechanism, voted by the Senate during the examination of the text, automatically eliminates the vaccination pass when the number of patients hospitalized due to Covid-19 is less than 10,000 nationally.
“I understand the spirit” of this mechanism “but it puts us hand and foot in the face of unforeseen situations that might arise, and Omicron has shown us that”, he justified. “Imagine that we have 9,000 patients in the hospital, and that we have a variant arriving and circulating at blazing speed.” In this situation, “we would be unable to hand over the pass”, insisted Olivier Véran.
“The law, anyway, forces us – and it is our intention – to suspend all these devices when the health emergency is no longer obvious”, also wished to underline the Minister of Health. The vaccination pass “will in any case be limited in time” because “the law obliges us to do so. The vaccination pass goes hand in hand with the health emergency “.
Strike in National Education: “I salute the action of Jean-Michel Blanquer”
As the teachers launched a strike movement for Thursday, January 13 and that the opposition denounces the management of the health protocol in schools, the Minister of Solidarity and Health provided support to his colleague from National Education. “I salute the action of Jean-Michel Blanquer, because we’ve been working together for two years on a daily basis”, he reacted.
Asked about possible disputes in the management of Covid-19 between the two ministers, Olivier Véran replied that there was no “not necessarily disagreements”, corn “temporalities which may be different in certain proposals”. Olivier Véran also recalled that they did not “not the same job”. “I do not believe that it is necessary to register in the fact of looking for a responsibility”, he added. “That we need a few days, that we sometimes need to grope it has happened to me and it has happened to us for two years of crisis management. I honestly believe that people can understand that”, assures the Minister of Health.
Endometriosis: a first interministerial steering committee on February 14
“On February 14, I will meet the first interministerial steering committee” to define the national action plan against endometriosis, Olivier Véran also announced on franceinfo. Tuesday January 11, Emmanuel Macron announced the launch of a national control strategy against this disease. According to Olivier Véran, this interministerial steering committee “will mobilize civil society enormously”. “As they say that it is a disease that must be made known, and that we have very committed associations, I want us to be able to rely on the women of this country”, he added.
“We need to train more” gynecologists and surgeons specializing in endometriosis, insisted the Minister of Health, who also wants to improve the way in which the health system takes care of women affected by this disease. “We must provide an answer to all women, that we further strengthen the support by Social Security with different modalities that can be examined, so that none of them can be blocked in care that she must receive, for financial reasons. “
Endometriosis is, according to Olivier Véran, one of the “emerging” health topics, except for those who suffer from it “. In France, 10% of women are affected: “It is this little teenager who cannot follow the class because she has a stomach ache and who goes to the infirmary, it is this young woman who has terrible period pains and who is answered, by general, ” It’s normal, it’s the rules ” “, listed the minister. Endometriosis “is the leading cause of infertility in our country” and “one of the main causes of pain” during menstruation, he also stressed, while they “are absolutely out of proportion to normal period pain”.