The pressure on French hospitals continues to decrease.
18,171 patients with Covid-19 were still hospitalized on Tuesday, against 18,648 the day before.
Among them, 1092 patients are admitted to critical care services.
115 deaths are also to be deplored in French hospitals.
Things to remember this Monday
The European Commission has reserved with the American biotech Moderna 15 million additional doses of the new version of its anti-Covid vaccine, modified in particular according to the Omicron variant.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA), regulator of the sector, announced in mid-June that it had begun to examine this new version, intended to target both the original strain of SARS CoV-2 and that of the Omicron variant, including sub- variants have recently led to an increase in infections.
However, the agreement reached by the Commission remains subject to the green light from European regulators, "
subject to marketing authorization (in the EU) within a timeframe that would allow the use of these doses for vaccination
this fall and winter, according to a press release.
Some of the approximately 80,000 tourists stranded on the tropical island of Hainan (southern China) due to an outbreak of Covid will be able to leave in the coming days.
Dubbed '
Chinese Hawaii
' and popular with surfers, the island is facing its worst rebound in cases in two years, with more than 1,500 people testing positive between August 1 and 9 in the resort town of Sanya, figures show. officials.
As a result, all flights from Hainan have been canceled, stranding tens of thousands of tourists there.
Local health authorities said on Tuesday that "
tourists on a tour package in areas where there have been no cases...will be allowed to leave after testing negative twice in 48 hours.
".
Travelers in areas with low numbers of cases will be able to leave the island if they have tested negative three times in 72 hours and have no symptoms.
