ventilate well and respect barrier gestures during the end of the year celebrations

This is a score that the French are beginning to know: be extra careful so that the Covid-19 does not come and spoil Christmas. The fifth wave peak and the Omicron variant are significant threats. The Scientific Council delivers its recommendations and first advises to limit the number of guests around the table. “We’re not going to be too tight, and then we’re going to ventilate”said a passerby.

Air, open the windows at least ten minutes every hour, an essential measure for Anne-Laure Crémieux, infectious disease specialist at Saint-Louis hospital (AP-HP): “Both Delta and Omicron are transmitted by aerosols and therefore opening the window regularly is to dissipate these aerosols”. On the vaccine and the booster dose, the Scientific Council is very clear: it must be done as soon as possible. Antigenic tests or self-tests at 5 euros each, the day before or the same day, this is precisely what the Scientific Council recommends. Finally, he recommends limiting contact ten days before the holidays and giving up gatherings in closed places where the mask is dropped to eat and toast.