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This is the "week of all dangers", warns the Minister of Health.
Visiting the Annecy Genevois hospital center on Wednesday, François Braun said he was worried about the French health system, faced with a “triple epidemic” of Covid-19, bronchiolitis and influenza, with for the latter an “explosion of case ".
The virus "circulates less" for the coronavirus, while the level of infection remains "very high" for bronchiolitis, "but is improving", he added.
In a new report from Public Health France published on Wednesday, the flu figures are indeed on the rise, at particularly high levels for this time of year.
Last week, the number of emergency room visits and those of hospitalizations for flu-like illness jumped 52% and 75%, respectively, compared to the previous week.
The number of deaths due to influenza also appears to be increasing, since it reached 2.8% of deaths certified electronically, against 1.3% the previous week.
This triple epidemic occurs in the midst of a strike launched by several liberal doctors, who are demanding an increase in agreed consultation rates, and better working conditions.
A mobilization "particularly unwelcome in this period of extreme difficulty for the health system", commented François Braun.
“My door has always remained open and it will remain so to sort out the issues,” he continued.
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Reminding all French people of the need to be careful during this holiday season marked by reunions, the Minister of Health said he "feared an epidemic rebound" in January.
“So vaccination is still relevant with regard to the flu, as well as wearing a mask in enclosed places and washing hands of course in enclosed places and where there are a lot of people,” he said. He insists.
What else to remember
Killing in the rue d'Enghien: portrait of the alleged perpetrator of the shooting.
At Le Parisien, the parents of William Malet recount the journey of their eldest son, from his childhood in the 10th arrondissement of Paris until the day of the tragedy, when he decided to attack several members of the Kurdish community, in the same district. .
The Minister for the Armed Forces visits kyiv.
Sébastien Lecornu is in the Ukrainian capital to pay tribute to the dead of the war led by Russia and to meet his counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov.
This is the French minister's first trip to Ukraine since the launch of the offensive on February 24.
Death of Linda de Suza.
The singer, an essential voice in Portuguese culture and the Portuguese community, died at the age of 74 in France, announces her agent.
Hospitalized since early in the morning, she succumbed to respiratory failure, when she had tested positive for Covid-19.
Former Pope Benedict XVI seriously ill.
Pope Francis announced that his 95-year-old predecessor Benedict XVI was "seriously ill", and that he was praying for the one whose resignation in 2013 for health reasons took the whole world by surprise.
it concerns you
Several new regulations are coming in 2023 in the real estate sector.
Housing considered to be large energy sieves will be prohibited from being rented.
In Paris, the city will take charge of controlling and sanctioning landlords who do not comply with the rent framework in force since 2019. In addition, the Housing Information Booklet (CIL) will become mandatory for landlords carrying out work that affects energy performance. of their accommodation.
For more information, see our dedicated article.
