“We are no longer in a health emergency, but we keep a certain number of tools as a precaution”, assures the Minister of Health

“We are no longer in a health emergency, but we keep a certain number of tools, as a precaution, in the event of the re-emergence of a dangerous variant“, explains the Minister of Health François Braun this Wednesday on franceinfo, after the final adoption of a bill ending the health pass and the exceptional measures against Covid-19.

Covid-19: end of the Scientific Council

It will be replaced by a committee “which will be independent, transparent in its opinions and extremely responsive. It will be a bit like a commando team of very high-level scientists”, declares François Braun, Minister of Health. pic.twitter.com/2xT71G8oTg

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The seventh wave of the Covid-19 epidemic is indeed ebbing throughout mainland France, but hospitalizations remain at a high level and deaths continue to increase, observed Public Health France on Friday July 22, 2022. After six weeks in a row rising,”the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 has decreased throughout the territory“the week of July 11 to 17, “nevertheless still at a very high level“, with around 90,000 new daily cases, according to this weekly point.

The Minister also mentioned the end of the Scientific Council, scheduled for July 31, and the establishment of a committee “which will be independent, transparent in its opinions and extremely responsive. It will be a bit like a commando team of very high-level scientists“.