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DIRECT. Covid-19: WHO reviews AstraZeneca vaccine and its effectiveness

2021-02-08T06:13:13.097Z


As the pandemic has claimed at least 2.31 million lives worldwide, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are examining


> The essential:

  • In France, 171 deaths from the new coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours.

    A total of 78,965 people have died since the start of the epidemic.

  • 3,262 patients are currently treated in intensive care while there are 19,715 new contaminations.

  • 1,870,925 first injections of vaccine have been carried out in the country since the launch of the campaign on December 26th.

    As well as 252,249 second injections.

  • The pandemic has killed more than 2.3 million people worldwide since the end of December 2019 and more than 105.7 million cases of infection have been diagnosed.

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7:03 am.

The

Portugal Spanish aid declines.

Portugal, whose hospitals are under pressure due to the pandemic, rejects the offer of the Spanish region of Galicia to receive patients, believing to be able to cope with the situation, indicates the Ministry of Health.

6:45 am.

WHO reviews AstraZeneca vaccine, questions about its effectiveness.

Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are examining the anti-Covid-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca and Oxford on Monday, at a time when its effectiveness for the elderly and against the South African variant of virus, South Africa even going so far as to suspend its immunization campaign.

Coronavirus: WHO "worried" about the effectiveness of vaccines against variants

The AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine, which the United Kingdom was the first to administer massively to its population in December, has already been approved by several other countries and by the European Union.

But some governments have preferred to recommend it only for those under 65 or even 55, for lack of sufficient data on its effectiveness for older people.

And on Sunday, South Africa suspended the start of its Covid-19 vaccination program, which was due to take place in the coming days with one million Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccines, after a study showing "limited" effectiveness against the local variant of the virus.

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6:35 am.

Category 1 mask compulsory at school: what you need to know for this Monday.

Homemade fabric masks will no longer be authorized this Monday morning in schools, from primary to high school.

Our subject to discover here.

6.30am.

3,262 patients in intensive care.

Santé Publique France has a total of 27,652 hospitalized patients for Covid-19 in the country.

6:25 am.

171 new deaths in France in

the last 24 hours.

A total of 78,965 people have died since the start of the epidemic.

6:20 am.

Update on vaccination in France.

The Directorate General of Health announces that a total of 1,870,925 first injections of vaccine have been carried out in the country since the launch of the campaign on December 26th.

As well as 252,249 second injections.

Vaccine: will the second dose be available?

In Courbevoie, we wonder

6:10 am.

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It will allow you to follow information related to Covid-19, throughout this day of Monday, February 8, 2021.

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