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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.
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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.
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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.
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