The fifth wave of Covid-19 in France, which involved records exceeding 300,000 cases per day, has begun to decline, said Arnaud Fontanet, epidemiologist and member of the Scientific Council on Monday, according to French media outlets.
“The peak of infections has passed these days at least in Ile-de-France, but it will be a little bit later in the other regions”, he said in an interview with France Inter.
According to the epidemiologist, hospital admissions are expected to increase in the upcoming days, and then peak the following week.
On the other hand, patients will stay in hospitals, which could remain overcrowded throughout February, he added.
Regarding the future of the pandemic in the country, the scientist urged to be more cautious, highlighting that “the process of emergence of new variants will continue to exist.”
“If a new variant appears, and that could lead to an extreme contagiousness, it may end up with the emergence of a new wave,” he warned.
France has been experiencing a fifth wave of Covid-19 for weeks, especially with the surge of the new Omicron variant across its regions.
The Western European country crosses 14,000,000 reported COVID-19 infections, with 294,452 new cases recorded on average each day, representing 99% of the peak, according to Reuters’ latest COVID Tracker, released this Monday.
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