Epidemiological surveillance of COVID-19: a system that works closely with local communities

Press Contacts

Santé publique France
presse@santepubliquefrance.fr
Vanessa Lemoine: 01 55 12 53 36
Marie Delibéros: 01 41 79 69 61
Stéphanie Champion: 01 41 79 67 48
Cynthia Bessarion: 01 71 80 15 66

Educational resource on epidemiological surveillance of COVID-19 tailored to the priorities of the national strategy for lifting lockdown measures

Summary

  • Surveillance tailored to this new phase of the epidemic

  • More comprehensive virological surveillance: SI-DEP

  • A daily contextualized risk analysis: vulnerability map

  • Estimation of the effective reproduction number of the virus (R)

  • Contact tracing: methodological support, investigation, and monitoring of infection clusters (MONIC Information System)

  • Seroprevalence: what proportion of the French population has been exposed to the virus?

  • Targeted or tailored surveillance for emerging phenomena

  • Prevention is essential in the fight against COVID-19

  • Quantitative and qualitative monitoring indicators

  • Communication targeting all audiences, including the most vulnerable

  • Santé publique France is collaborating with other stakeholders to advance knowledge

  • Support in organizing the biological component of INSERM’s EpiCOV and Sapris surveys

  • Participation in the “Tobacco Use and COVID” working group of the High Council for Public Health (HCSP)

  • National and international scientific collaborations

Stay informed about the COVID-19 pandemic in France and around the world

Updates, Q&As, expert interviews... everything you need to know about the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19 in France and around the world

Our latest news

news

2026 “Sexual Behavior” Survey (ERAS) for men who have sex with men

news

Hervé Maisonneuve has been appointed scientific integrity officer for a...

Visuel illustratif

news

Public Health France 2026 Barometer: Launch of the Survey