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The figures are still improving in France with 1,571 patients in critical care, according to the latest assessment.
Fewer than 8,000 patients in all, 7,980 to be precise, are hospitalized because of Covid-19.
The average over one week is 5540 new daily infections.
74 deaths occurred in 24 hours
More people in France now receive a third dose of vaccine in France than a first dose.
Prime Minister Jean Castex has confirmed the end of free “comfort” tests from October 15.
Globally, the pandemic has killed at least 4.75 million people.
Over 6.1 billion doses of vaccine have been injected.
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8:05 am.
Sanofi forgoes messenger RNA.
The French laboratory Sanofi will stop the development of its messenger RNA vaccine against Covid-19.
But it is continuing the development of its other vaccine against the virus, currently in the last phase of clinical trials.
Despite positive intermediate results for phase 1-2 of the trial of its messenger RNA vaccine, Sanofi believes that it would arrive too late on the market, while 12 billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines will have been produced in total by the end of the year.
7.40 am.
Figures at the lowest in India.
India recorded its lowest death toll since March with 179 deaths in 24 hours, according to the latest daily report, according to the Times of India.
7:20 a.m.
Stable incidence in Germany for a week.
According to the Robert Koch Institute, in charge of monitoring the pandemic in Germany, the incidence rate has been stable for a week.
It is 61.7 per 100,000 inhabitants.
7 hours.
Drop in abortions in 2020, especially after the first confinement.
The number of voluntary terminations of pregnancy fell in 2020, especially in May and June, according to a study by the Drees (Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics). Last year, 14.9 out of every 1,000 women aged 15 to 49 resorted to voluntary termination of pregnancy, up from 15.6 out of 1,000 in 2019. A total of 222,000 abortions were recorded. last year, down 11,000 from 2019 (-4%). The drop in abortions (voluntary termination of pregnancy) was particularly marked "in May and June 2020 and to a lesser extent in July, while their number remained stable in March and April", during confinement."This drop is probably explained by a drop in conceptions during the first confinement" because statistics from INSEE (National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies) show a drop in the number of births at the end of 2020 and early 2021 , observes the Drees.
6:40 am. The problem of the unvaccinated three weeks before the resumption of the NBA.
90% of basketball players in the North American championship, the NBA, are vaccinated three weeks before the resumption. But the remaining 10% could pose difficulties. Vaccination is compulsory in some cities in the United States for top athletes. This could deprive the unvaccinated of a number of games and cripple their respective teams. The League, however, tried to make vaccination compulsory, but gave up in the face of the refusal of the players' union (NBPA), during a meeting held in August. The non-vaccinated will have to comply with restrictive measures, the protocols of the League requiring that they be tested daily on training, travel and match days, unlike the vaccinated.
6:20 am.
Pfizer launches human trials of messenger RNA influenza vaccine.
Pfizer announced Monday that it has made the first injections to test humans with an influenza vaccine using messenger RNA technology.
The clinical trial is taking place in the United States and will assess the safety of a dose of this new vaccine as well as its immunogenicity (ability to cause an immune reaction) in healthy people aged 65 to 85 years.
6 hours.
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