French health minister warns of fourth Covid wave

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People enter a shop in Nantes, France. — Reuters
People enter a shop in Nantes, France. — Reuters

Paris - Olivier Veran asks French people to get vaccinated as fourth wave is expected by July end

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Published: Sun 4 Jul 2021, 10:31 PM

Health Minister Olivier Veran on Sunday urged as many French people as possible to get a Covid-19 vaccine, warning that France could be heading for a fourth wave of the epidemic by the end of the month due to the highly transmissible Delta variant.

“For five days, (the infection rate) hasn’t come down — it’s rising again. Because of the Delta variant, which is very contagious. The British example shows that a fourth wave is possible from the end of July,” Veran said on Twitter.


“We must move even faster (on vaccination). Our country is in a race against time.”


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