Vaccines, hospital, incidence … a real improvement, but slow and fragile

Three weeks after the announcement of a new turn of the screw by the President of the Republic, “The situation is improving, welcomed the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, during his press briefing on April 22. The peak of the third wave seems behind us, and the epidemic pressure drop seems to be underway. ” From this Monday, schools and nurseries will therefore be able to reopen their doors. But have the last three weeks been enough to improve the country’s health situation? Overview of indicators.

A vaccination that progresses too slowly

By March 31, 8.6 million French people had received at least one dose of the vaccine. Since then, just over 4.5 million more people have been injected with a first dose. Personal protection has therefore progressed significantly. However, the percentage of vaccinated remains insufficient to envisage a return to normal in the short term. Specialists believe that collective immunity can protect us from an epidemic resurgence when 75% of the population