Faced with the flu epidemic, the Minister of Health, Yannick Neuder, requires the masks to be worn once more | EUROtoday
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“Uno significant epidemic situation. » The flu epidemic reached an “exceptionally high level of intensity” this winter, undermining the hospital system. Faced with the alarming state of affairs, the Minister of Health calls on the French to put on a masks in confined locations. Traveling this Friday, January 10 to Cochin hospital in Paris, Yannick Neuder (LR) recalled the significance of barrier gestures. “We had a bit of a tendency, collectively, to forget these barrier gestures. During the Covid-19 period, we had much less gastroenteritis and flu,” he advised the press, surrounded by caregivers.
Yannick Neuder thus recalled the significance of “washing your hands” and “sneezing and coughing into the crook of your elbow” to keep away from contamination, earlier than going additional. “I’m not saying that we relaunch the mask in France for everyone, but in confined places,” he maintains. “It is thanks to those barrier gestures that we are going to be sure that we get via this flu epidemic. »
��”If we feel that we have symptoms, […] don’t hesitate to put the mask back on”
Yannick Neuder, Minister of Health, evokes “a citizen’s gesture of protection towards the most vulnerable” whereas the flu epidemic is raging in France pic.twitter.com/D2myBWkEZ9
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As examples, the Minister of Health suggests carrying a masks in locations reminiscent of public transport or throughout work conferences.
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Asked about obligatory vaccination of caregivers, the Minister of Health didn’t oppose it. “I think it’s a topic, a question that will arise,” he stated. While winter 2026 “is being prepared from the month of March”, “all the things which can improve the reception conditions for patients and relieve healthcare staff: barrier gestures, and perhaps compulsory vaccination, are to be consider,” he continued. And to affirm: “We must have no taboos. »
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