For the president of the Committee for monitoring and anticipating health risks Brigitte Autran, the situation is currently “under control” and does not justify “for the moment” the return of this measure.
A temporary decision. The recent lifting of health restrictions in China, at the origin of an explosion of Covid-19 contaminations in the country raising fears of the emergence of new variants, does not justify “for the moment” restoring controls to borders in France, estimated this Thursday the immunologist Brigitte Autran, president of the Committee for monitoring and anticipating health risks (Covars).
“On a scientific level, there is currently no reason to reinstate specific border controls (…) but of course this can change almost from one day to the next,” said Brigitte Autran. on Classic Radio.
At this stage, “the situation is under control” and the scientific information available to us does not indicate the appearance of new worrying variants in China, she added.
Macron calls for “appropriate measures”
Faced with the epidemic outbreak observed in China since the abandonment of the “zero Covid-19” policy at the beginning of the month, several countries – including the United States, Japan or Italy for example – have reinstated the obligation to present a negative drug test to travelers from China.
In France, President Emmanuel Macron has asked the government for “appropriate measures” to protect the French and to look at “actions at both national and European level”, we learned on Wednesday from the Elysée.
According to AFP, the European Commission is due to bring together representatives of the Ministries of Health of the Twenty-Seven and European health agencies this Thursday morning to discuss possible measures as part of a coordinated approach at European level.
