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In France, 100 people have died in hospital from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
A total of 115,259 people have lost their lives in the country since the start of the epidemic.
The health situation is stabilizing with 10,438 hospitalized patients, including 2,224 patients in critical care.
545 classes are already closed less than a week after the start of the school year.
"88% of the population of age to be vaccinated received a first dose", according to the Prime Minister.
Even if “back to school is going well”, he calls for vigilance.
Covax hopes to vaccinate 20% of the world's population in poor countries against Covid this year, well below initial targets.
Africa deplores more than 200,000 deaths.
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6:58 am.
Covid-19, the 1st cause of work stoppages from January to May, according to a study.
The Covid-19 was the first cause of work stoppages of employees (outside the public service) from January to May, mainly due to the derogatory stops related to the coronavirus, according to a survey by Malakoff Humanis published on Thursday.
Overall, the number of employees who had at least one sick leave increased by three points (+ 30%) over the period studied, "going from 10% of employees in January to 13% in May", specifies Malakoff Humanis in a report. communicated.
In total, 46% of work stoppages were due to Covid-19 from January to May, including 12% of cases of infection diagnosed and 34% of exceptional stoppages caused by the epidemic.
"The peak was reached in April 2021", with 52% of work stoppages linked to Covid (including 15% of cases diagnosed), according to the study.
6:45 am.
AstraZeneca: Guillain-Barré syndrome listed as a side effect
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has listed Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological impairment, as a "very rare" side effect of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine.
According to the EMA, 833 cases of the neurological syndrome have been reported worldwide as of July 31, while more than 592 million doses of Vaxzevria serum, from the AstraZeneca laboratory, have been administered worldwide as of July 25. July.
The frequency category assigned is "very rare", that is, occurring in less than 1 in 10,000 people.
6:40 am.
Slow decline in contamination in France.
Contamination with the Sars-CoV-2 virus is still on the decline, with 12,828 new positive cases.
That figure rose to over 17,500 a week ago.
At 2.4%, the positivity rate, which measures the proportion of positive cases in relation to the number of people tested, also continues to decrease slowly.
6:35 am.
One hundred new deaths in France in the last 24 hours.
A total of 115,259 people have lost their lives in the country since the start of the epidemic.
6.30 a.m.
Vaccination, economic recovery, pension reform… what to remember from Jean Castex's intervention
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The Prime Minister spoke for forty minutes to take stock of the Covid-19 epidemic in the country and the reform projects to come.
Find here the main announcements of the Prime Minister.
6:25 am.
The fourth wave continues its very slow decline.
After dropping below 11,000 patients in hospital last week, the number of patients treated fell again with 10,438 admissions for Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours.
6:20 am.
545 classes closed less than a week after the start of the school year
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A case of Covid-19 in a primary school class leads to a closure.
In college or high school, only students with contact cases who are not vaccinated should self-isolate for a week.
Read here.
6:10 am.
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