Under the radar, the triple epidemic » keep putting pressure on the French health system. This Wednesday, the main health measures to fight once morest Covid-19 – whose decline is confirmed – are coming to an end, worrying some experts. Starting this Wednesday, thesystematic isolation of positive cases and testing following two days for their contacts will no longer be required. The follow-up of contact cases, via the “Covid contact” service managed by Health Insurance, will also cease.
On the other hand, following four consecutive weeks of decline, the epidemic of flu picked up once more last week. In total, ten out of thirteen regions are still in the epidemic, but the indicators remain “at a low level of intensity in the city and in the hospital”, said Wednesday. Public health France. Last epidemic, that of bronchiolitisin decline since the end of December, and which has continued to decline over most of the territory during the last seven days.
A still unknown human toll
“Astonished” by the absence of an epidemic resumption in January, Benjamin Davido, infectious disease specialist at Raymond-Poincaré hospital, explained that the drop in the number of Covid-19 infections is correlated with immunity acquired by a large part of the population. “The question now is whether this immunity will hold up with the possible arrival of new variants,” says the doctor.
Be that as it may, the health system remains bruised. After months of pandemic and this triple epidemic, “he is enduring difficulties which seem increasingly difficult to bear”, estimates Professor Zureik, counting on an inexorable continuation of “degradation of the quality of care”. The human toll of this triple epidemic is not even known yet.
