Second Covid-19 wave 'highly likely' to hit France this year, scientists say

Numbers are creeping up after easing of curbs led to greater social mixing during holiday season. FMTNews

August 4, 2020 6:49 PMPARIS: A second wave of the coronavirus epidemic is “highly likely” to hit France in the autumn or winter, the government’s top scientific body warned on Tuesday, as authorities seek to contain an increase in new cases over the past two weeks.

“The situation is precarious and we could at any moment tip into a scenario that is less under control, like in Spain,” the French scientific committee said in a statement published by the health ministry. The warning comes after the head of the German doctors’ union said Germany was already contending with a second wave and risked squandering its early success by flouting social distancing rules.

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