At one of the three sampling sites at Huntington Beach , the bacteria reading came back at 160 on June 16 and at 120 on June 23 .
The readings came back at 160 on June 16 and 120 at June 23 at one of three sampling sites at Huntington Beach .
" I think we can now qualify what is happening as a genuine epidemic , " Health Minister Jean-Francois Mattei said on France Inter radio .