The essential
All the departments have fallen below the bar of 400 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
A decisive criterion for passing the first stage of deconfinement, scheduled for May 19.
The health situation continues to improve in France, with a decrease in patients in intensive care: 5,402 people on Wednesday against 5,504, but hospitals remain overloaded.
Emmanuel Macron is inaugurating a new vaccination center this morning at the Parc des Expositions at Porte de Versailles in the 15th arrondissement.
In France, a quarter of the population has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
In the United States, Joe Biden says he is in favor of the lifting of patents on anti-Covid vaccines.
Today's events
9:20 a.m.
The EU "ready to discuss" a lifting of patents, announces Ursula Von der Leyen
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On Wednesday, Joe Biden said he was in favor of lifting patents on anti-Covid vaccines.
9 hours.
The Syndicat des Independents (SDI) is taking Axa to court.
He wants to try to obtain compensation for operating losses due to the administrative closures of the first confinement of its members. Some 15,000 companies - restaurants, bars, hotels, but also sports halls, discotheques, spas - hold a standard insurance contract which guarantees operating losses due to an administrative closure following an epidemic, and " interpretation by the courts to date grants their request in 70% of cases, ”says SDI president Marc Sanchez. For the past year, Axa has been invoking, to justify its refusal to indemnify these policyholders, a clause in this contract excluding this operating loss cover “when at least one other establishment” in the same department is subject to “closure”. administrative for an identical cause ”.
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Asked by AFP, the insurer said "to understand the distress and anxiety in which many self-employed and very small businesses are plunged today", and awaits the next decisions of the courts of appeal ", noting that "First instance, a third of the judgments dismissed the insured".
8.45 a.m. Karine Lacombe calls for the opening of vaccination to all adults.
“From the age of 18, vaccination should be opened to everyone,” asks the infectious disease specialist, guest of BFMTV. “Except children and adolescents. But yes from 18 years old. Especially since the few cases of very specific thrombosis that have been reported are even in people over 55 years old ", she underlines, recalling that it is an" extremely extremely rare event. ".
8:20 a.m.
In Japan ... a giant squid built with a Covid grant.
It is 13 meters long and its tentacles deploy as if to catch prey.
This giant squid was erected in a remote fishing town in Japan for the tidy sum of 200,000 euros, largely funded by a national grant intended to help municipalities financially affected by the pandemic, such as tourist destinations.
Despite an online debate on the merits of the public spending, local officials said they hoped the placement of the giant squid at a roadside resting area would spark interest in Japan and elsewhere.
A giant squid statue was built in Japan for more than 200,000 euros.
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8:10 am.
28 billion euros in support measures for tourism.
Guest of RMC, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Secretary of State for Tourism ensures that aid for tourism professionals will continue.
“It's not about stopping suddenly.
We are in the process of calibrating the mechanisms for the recovery […] The State will continue to be there, ”he assures us, recalling that 28 billion have already been put on the table.
Tourist patriotism: Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Secretary of State for Tourism affirms that "the State will continue to be there" to support the tourism sector # ApollineMatin pic.twitter.com/h2WXHQKeVz
- RMC (@RMCinfo) May 6, 2021
7:50 a.m.
Towards a third dose of the Moderna vaccine?
The American company on Wednesday published the first positive results concerning the trials of a modified version of its vaccine developed specifically against the South African variant, as well as the effect of a third dose of its initial vaccine. Forty people already vaccinated, that is to say who had received the two doses of the initial Moderna vaccine between six and eight months before these trials, took part. Some received a third injection of a new formulation (called mRNA-1273.351) developed against the South African variant, and others a third dose of the initial vaccine. These two options "increased the titers (levels, editor's note) of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 and two variants of concern", namely the South African and Brazilian variants, Moderna says.The vaccine formula developed specifically against the South African variant was found to be more effective against it than the original vaccine, the company adds.
7:35. Reopening of restaurants: after an "awareness", these employees said "stop".
Cook, waiter, sommelier or boss, they will not return to restaurants when the terraces reopen on May 19, preferring to go in search of a "normal life". They told us.
7:25 am. Argentina keeps breaking death records.
With 633 deaths recorded in 24 hours, the country now has 65,865 deaths in total, or a death rate of 1,422 per million population. Argentina is the sixth most bereaved country in Latin America in proportion to its population (30th globally). According to the Ministry of Health, the percentage of beds occupied in intensive care units is 68.2% nationally, a rate that reaches 75.9% in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, where 15 million people live. people.
7:20 a.m.
Air France-KLM suffered losses of 1.5 billion in the first quarter
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Persistent travel restrictions resulted in a 73.4% drop in passenger numbers and 57% in revenue compared to the first quarter of 2020, and the start of the second quarter "does not show any significant improvement. ”Of the activity, indicated the chief financial officer, Frédéric Gagey during a telephone press conference.
He hoped for a "reboot" over the summer.
Air France-KLM was recapitalized last month with help from the French state, which doubled its stake from 14.3% to 28.6%.
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7:15 am.
Largest real-life study confirms the effectiveness of Pfizer.
Published in the medical journal The Lancet, this study carried out in Israel highlights "the public health benefits of a national vaccination program", according to its authors, scientists from Pfizer and the Israeli government. It shows that the vaccine is "highly effective" in people over 16 years old seven days after the second dose: it protects 95.3% against infections, 97.2% against hospitalizations and 96.7% against. death. These levels of protection remain similar among those over 85. But they drop notably when people have received only one of the two doses: 57.7% against infection, 75.7% against hospitalizations and 77% against deaths in those over 16 years of age. The analysis focuses on the efficacy of the vaccine against the English variant (called B.1.1.7),dominant in the country, not against the South African.
7:02 a.m. The German vaccine Curevac patina.
Not yet approved that, the German CureVac evokes supply difficulties, accusing the United States of blocking the export of certain components. "We no longer receive the materials we need all the time," admitted Franz-Werner Haas, boss of CureVac, in an interview Tuesday with the German magazine Der Spiegel, specifying that these components were blocked across the Atlantic. Asked about the rate of production of his vaccine this summer, Mr. Haas refrained from answering, contenting himself with saying that his group was living "from day to day" and struggling to build up "a large stock". This situation is embarrassing for the European Union, which wants to vaccinate 70% of its adult inhabitants by July. Without being essential for this purpose, the vaccine from CureVac could provide significant help.
6:50 a.m.
"The Covid stung my mother": how the children of caregivers are going through the pandemic.
We went to meet the sons and daughters of doctors, on the front line against Covid-19, so that they could tell us how they are experiencing this epidemic.
Their testimonials.
6:40 am.
Where are the variants in France?
Highly watched by health authorities due to their increased contagiousness and fears of stronger resistance to vaccines, the South African and Brazilian variants remain stable nationally, but their share has increased in some territories, with estimates of 11%. in Ile-de-France, for example.
Gabriel Attal, government spokesperson also mentions Charente (15%) and Vendée (14%).
6:29 a.m.
In India, nearly 4,000 deaths and 412,000 new infections in 24 hours.
Figures from the Ministry of Health show 3,980 deaths and 412,262 daily cases, bringing to 230,168 deaths and 21.1 million infections recorded in total in India since the start of the pandemic.
6:20 am.
New help for those under 25.
According to Europe 1, the President of the Republic will announce in the coming weeks the granting of aid of 500 euros per month for those under 25 who have no job or training.
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6:15 a.m. Lifting patents, a "simple but false answer to a complex problem", criticizes the pharmaceutical lobby.
The decision of the United States to support the temporary suspension of patents for anti-Covid vaccines "is disappointing," said the International Federation of the Pharmaceutical Industry (IFPMA) in a press release. “We are fully in line with the goal that anti-Covid-19 vaccines are quickly and equitably shared around the world. But as we keep saying, a suspension is the simple but false answer to a complex problem, ”continues the press release from the pharmaceutical lobby. The boss of the WHO for his part hailed a "historic decision".
6 hours.
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