Key Points A heat wave began on August 5, when Météo-France issued a yellow alert for 32 departments. Starting on August 6, several departments were placed under an orange alert in 8...

Key Points In community practice, from August 3 to 9, the estimated number of consultations attributable to COVID-19 among consultations for acute respiratory infections (ARI) remained...

Key Points Since late July, monitoring indicators and epidemic pressure indicators have shown a resurgence of viral circulation across all our territories: Incidence rates have...

Key Points COVID-19 Increase in viral circulation in Normandy as well as in France. It affects all age groups, particularly young adults. As of August 10, 2020, Increase in incidence...

Key Points Infection with the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), COVID-19 As of August 11, 4,403 confirmed cases of COVID-19 had been diagnosed through laboratory testing in Brittany. In...

Santé publique France presents the key findings of the report published in August 2020 by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on SARS-CoV-2 infection in...

Expert video: Jean-Claude Desenclos, Scientific Director at Santé publique France, explains what the "R"—or effective reproduction number—of the virus means

Emergencies are central to the mission of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS). To detect incidents and support regional health agencies in organizing responses as...