The lifting of restrictions “implies that the activity has resumed routine pace”, that the Minister of Health estimates “between 1,000 and 2,000 Covid patients in resuscitation”.
The lifting of sanitary measures in mid-March concerning the port of the mask and the vaccinal pass depends on “two essential criteria”, the number of hospitalizations and the incidence rate of COVID-19, said, Thursday February 17, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran.
“The choice of mid-March is not a choice that is done at random, it is based on the principle that no hospital is obliged to deprogram care because of COVID, which does not is not yet the case, “said the minister, on the margins of a trip to Nice.
The lifting of the measures “implies that the activity has resumed a routine pace, and that, I estimated it between 1,000 and 2,000 Covid patients in resuscitation, it would be useless and excessive that I give you One figure to the unity “, added Mr. Véran.
Incidence rate divided almost two each week
On the other hand, the virus must circulate as little as possible. However, the incidence rate is divided almost by two each week, so in four weeks, if it continues on this dynamic, we will be back At an extremely weak rate allowing us to remove the latest measures without taking any risk of flaming the epidemic, “he explained.
In addition, Mr. Véran specified:
“The last parameter is that we have worked in a fortnight levels for several months to raise measurements, it is the necessary time to verify that there is no negative impact of the Raised braking measurements. “
“The mid-mars corresponds to the crossroads of these three parameters: hospitals in order to operate normally, a virus that circulates but very weakly, and sufficiently decline compared to February 28, date to which we can remove the masks, where there is the pass, so you can delete the mask indoors and remove the vaccine pass with the possibility of keeping it in certain risky situations, “summed up the minister.