No. 154 June 2020 1 Editorial: Brittany and Covid-19 Bro Nevez 154 As is the case all over the world, Brittany has not been spared in the pandemic. However, it appears that the June 2020 more rural nature of Brittany has meant it was less impacted than more concentrated urban areas. That is certainly true here in the U.S. where the more ISSN 0895 3074 concentrated the population, the wider spread the virus has been. While numbers are always difficult to interpret and keep changing, as of June 9 statistics show that the EDITOR’S ADRESS & E-MAIL Region of Brittany (Finistère, Côtes d’Armor, Morbihan and Ille-et-Vilaine) have had some 2,900 cases with 324 deaths. Loire-Atlantique has had 859 cases with 153 Lois Kuter, Editor deaths. Brittany – all five departments – has a population Bro Nevez of some 4.7 million people. 605 Montgomery Road Ambler, PA 19002 U.S.A. For France as a whole there have been some 154,000 cases and 29,300 deaths. Cases per1,000 people = 2.31. 215 886-6361 For the U.S. there have been close to 2 million cases and nearly 110,000 deaths. Cases per 1,000 = 5.79.
[email protected] And as is the case elsewhere, the economic impact of U.S. ICDBL website: www.icdbl.org closing businesses and cancelling events has hit Brittany hard. Recovery will be long. With the abatement of new cases, things are beginning to open up – as they are here The U.S. Branch of the International Committee for the in the U.S.