Key points
In week 8, the epidemic situation continued to improve, all virological and hospital indicators were decreasing but remained at a high levels.
- Metropolitan France:
- Incidence and positivity rates declining in all age groups and all regions
- New hospital admissions lower in all regions
- Decrease in incidence and hospital admission rates but indicators still high in Reunion Island
Contact tracing
- Decrease in the number of contact cases (-29%) and contacts at risk (-24%)
- Number of contacts reported per case stable at a low level (on average 1.0 contact person per case called)
Variants
- Omicron accounted for 99.6% of interpretable sequences in the Flash Survey of 14 February for week 7
- BA.2 sub-lineage increasing (25% in week 7, 15.4% in week 6)
Prevention
- CoviPrev Survey (wave 32, 7–14 February 2022)
- Stabilisation of reported adherence to the booster shot
- Mental health remains deteriorated: 70% of respondents reported sleep problems
- Vaccination on 1 March 2022 (Vaccin Covid data):
- 79.3% of the French population had completed a primary vaccination series
- 72.5% of the 18+ age group (representing 82.5% of those eligible) and 82.7% of the 65+ age group (90.9% of those eligible) had received a booster shot
- Importance of combining measures:
- Complete vaccination series with a booster at 3 months
- Compliance with preventive measures including wearing a mask and reducing contacts, along with other precautionary recommendations such as frequent ventilation of enclosed spaces, working from home and adherence to contact tracing
