This free number – from a landline in mainland France – had already been activated on June 16, during the previous heat wave, by the former Minister of Health Brigitte Bourguignon.
While a new wave of heat wave has been hitting France since Monday, the Minister of Health François Braun announced the return of the toll-free number “Heat wave info service“, this Wednesday, July 13 at 2 p.m.
“If our fellow citizens have questions, questions about what to do, concerns, they call 080066666“, he declared to the antenna of RTL. François Braun also recalled the prevention messages: “do not exercise and hydrate regularly“. Until Thursday, twenty departments are placed on heat wave orange alert, according to The Weather Channel *.
This free number – from a landline in mainland France – had already been activated on June 16, during the previous heat wave, by the former Minister of Health Brigitte Bourguignon.
“We are reaching the peak”
During his time behind the RTL microphone, François Braun also mentioned a slight drop in the contamination curve: “it looks like we are reaching the peak“. However, “you have to be aware of one thing: there are as many contaminations after the peak as before the peak“, he warned, while continuing to recommend wearing a mask in crowded places, such as public transport.
The minister also regretted the rejection overnight in the National Assembly of article 2 of the health bill, which provided for the possibility of restoring the health pass for travel “extra-hexagonal», from or to abroad.
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However, this article, according to François Braun, allowed “to prevent the emergence of a dangerous variant“. “The more the virus circulates, the more it has the risk of mutating, the more we have the risk of mutating the more we have the risk of having a slightly less sympathetic virus“.
*The Weather Channel is a property of the Figaro group.
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