The essential
More than 10,000 people are currently hospitalized due to Covid-19 and more than 2,000 patients are in critical care.
A figure that had not been reached since mid-June.
New caregivers will be sent as reinforcements to Guadeloupe and Martinique this Friday.
Just over 120 have already arrived on Tuesday.
Medical evacuations of patients will continue from the West Indies.
A new trip is being organized for the end of the week or the beginning of the next, and others should follow "because the wave is very strong and is catching up with us", warned the director of the ARS in Guadeloupe.
Follow the events of the day live:
7:30 am.
Breath of fresh air.
The Dumont d'Urville ship of the French Navy, containing more than 100 tons of medical oxygen, has just arrived in Martinique.
He will leave during the day in the direction of Guyana, in order to then go to supply Guadeloupe, also badly affected.
7:20 a.m.
The first news of the day concerns Algeria and Morocco.
These two countries will be placed on the red list as of this Saturday, whereas they were so far in orange.
For unvaccinated people, this means that they will have to carry out an antigen test on their arrival in France and respect a 10-day monitored quarantine if they return from Morocco or Algeria.
Tunisia had already been put on the red list on July 18.
After Tunisia since July 18, Algeria and Morocco will in turn be placed on the red list (and no longer orange) from Saturday.
Main change: for the unvaccinated, compulsory and controlled isolation of 10 days on arrival in France.https: //t.co/l1KfWNvl9U pic.twitter.com/LZcwwEHV7T
- Nicolas Berrod (@nicolasberrod) August 19, 2021
7:15 am.
Hello everyone.
And welcome to this live dedicated to the Covid-19 pandemic.