These are the results of the third ComCor study by the Institut Pasteur on the places of Covid-19 contamination, the findings of which were detailed by epidemiologist and Scientific Council member Arnaud Fontanet.
These results confirm the conclusions of the first two Institut Pasteur studies, where family or friend gatherings were also highlighted as significant, particularly in bars and restaurants, which are currently shut down.
The study indeed emphasized that meals “play a central role,” as do shared offices, and all types of physical gatherings. The predominance of “close” contact infections is logical, as it is in their company that adherence to safeguarding measures is often relaxed.
More generally, the results confirm what we know about the transmission of the virus, which occurs mainly through droplets expelled from the mouth and nose when speaking, coughing, or sneezing, but also through microdroplets continuously emitted through breathing. When removing the mask, often during meals, one logically exposes themselves to an increased risk of contamination.
The initial results of the ComCor study, published on December 17, had already allowed the Government to “confirm” that the closure of restaurants and bars was “necessary.”
