The toll-free “heat wave” number will be reactivated during the day, said Minister of Health François Braun on Wednesday, who also calls for solidarity while France is subject to several days of intense heat.
“I asked that the toll-free number “Heat Info service” be put back in place today at 2 p.m. Like this, if our fellow citizens have questions, questions about what to do, concerns: 0800 06 66 66. We can give you all the necessary information on this peak heat wave and what to do. underlined the minister, on RTL radio.
This number had already been reactivated in mid-June, during the previous episode of heat wave.
Seven departments in orange vigilance, 24 in yellow
Seven departments have been placed on heat wave orange vigilance since Wednesday morning: Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Haute-Garonne, Ardèche and Drôme. 24 others are placed on heatwave yellow vigilance.
The Minister of Health also called for “solidarity within our neighborhoods, our villages, to monitor and protect those most at risk. It’s the same with the virus: you have to learn to live with the Covid. The heat wave, you also have to learn to live with it, ”he said.
François Braun believes that we have reached a peak in the wave of Covid
Regarding the current wave of Covid-19, “it seems that we are most likely reaching the peak, in any case the increase is less significant, it seems that the curve is rounding out a little bit”, underlined François Braun, while the pandemic has killed more than 150,000 people in France.
Nevertheless, “we must 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 places with high traffic. , 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 “extra-hexagonal” trips, to or from France. foreign. However, this article, according to François Braun, made it possible “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 virus that is a little less sympathetic. »