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DIRECT. Covid-19: 8 cases of Omicron confirmed in France, the variant is spreading like wildfire in the world

2021-12-03T06:07:34.099Z


On this first Friday in December, the propagation at high speed of the new Omicron variant suggests that the Covid-19 will still have


The essential

  • The fifth wave of coronavirus is hitting hard in France, where the incidence rate is approaching that of the peak of the third wave.

  • A Health Defense Council will be held on Monday to "see whether it is necessary to take additional measures", announced Thursday Jean Castex.

  • Eight cases of the Omicron variant are confirmed in the territory.

    According to Public Health France, these new infections have been identified in five regions of France, after a very first case detected in Reunion, then in Île-de-France, in Haut-Rhin and Vendée.

    Omicron could become majority in Europe "in the very next months".

  • The White Plan was triggered Thursday in health establishments in Corsica, where the incidence rate exceeds 380 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

Follow the events of the day live:

7 hours.

In Switzerland, 2,000 people confined.

They were placed in quarantine after two cases of the Omicron variant in a school in Geneva.

This is the first measurement of this magnitude since the proven presence of the Omicron variant in our Swiss neighbors.

6:45 a.m.

Omicron is spreading like wildfire.

Since the first case announced Thursday in the United States, 8 others have been confirmed in New York State, Minnesota and Hawaii.

Australia for its part announced Friday that it had detected a first case of the Omicron variant in a student who had not traveled abroad in Sydney.

The World Health Organization (WHO) considers the "likelihood of Omicron to spread globally" "high".

6:30 a.m.

An important day for Didier Raoult.

Did the Marseille infectious disease specialist violate the code of medical ethics by promoting hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19?

The disciplinary chamber of the Order of Physicians makes its decision on Friday in Bordeaux.

Didier Raoult risks up to delisting.

Read alsoTop chronoHealth Falsified study, wild trials ... 5 minutes to understand the suspicions that weigh on Didier Raoult

6:15 a.m.

Omicron has not finished making us shiver.

We are starting this live with grim news: the risk of catching Covid-19 once again is increased with the Omicron variant, which has been gaining ground all over the world for a week.

In any case, a study by South African scientists leans in this direction, suggesting that this variant is more capable of bypassing the immunity acquired by an infection than the previous variants.

6 hours.

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Source: leparis

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