Optimistic health minister says France may reach Covid peak in ‘7 to 10 days,’ as PM warns third wave is ‘hitting us hard’

France’s health

France’s health minister has registered his optimism that the country will reach the peak of the epidemic within 10 days and that things will look a lot better in May, but the PM’s assessment remains grim.

Speaking on Thursday to France Inter radio, Minister of Health Olivier Véran said he was confident that the measures announced by President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday would have “a strong impact on the epidemic dynamic,” adding that there was no reason to think anything to the contrary.

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