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Covid-19: record rise in cases in the United States

2022-01-02T20:54:25.777Z


UPDATE ON THE SITUATION - New measures, new reports and highlights: Le Figaro takes stock of the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.


Nearly 60,000 cases detected in France on Sunday, an “

almost vertical

contamination curve

in the United States, violent demonstrations against the restrictions in Amsterdam ...

Le Figaro

takes stock this Sunday, January 2 on the latest information related to Covid- 19 in the world.

  • Nearly 60,000 new contaminations in France, isolation rules relaxed for the vaccinated

Marking record rates of contamination for a few days, with more than 200,000 new daily contaminations between Wednesday and Saturday, France still has this Sunday 58,432 new cases of Covid-19. A much lower level linked to the closure of pharmacies and testing centers on New Year's Day. The average over the last seven days is unprecedented since the start of the pandemic in France, with 162,041 daily cases.

In addition, the government announced on Sunday a relaxation of the rules for the isolation of positives and their contacts, but only for people with a complete vaccination schedule.

Isolation for a positive person will last seven days instead of ten, regardless of the variant, and can be lifted after five days in the event of a negative test.

And there will be no more quarantine for contact cases with a complete vaccination schedule.

Read also Covid-19: isolation rules that are more economical than health

  • Record rise in cases in the United States

The rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the United States follows an "

almost vertical

"

curve

, which is not currently the case with hospitalizations, the White House's senior adviser on the crisis said on Sunday health, doctor Anthony Fauci.

"

We are in the middle of a very strong wave,

" said the eminent scientist who said that the increase in cases was "

unprecedented

", with an average of almost 400,000 new infections per day.

  • Footballer Messi tested positive

Argentine football star Lionel Messi is one of four Paris SG squad players tested positive for coronavirus, the club announced on Sunday on the eve of a Coupe de France match.

Messi was tested in Argentina, where he spent a week's vacation with his family, in his hometown of Rosario.

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The sixteenth of the Coupe de France, from Sunday to Tuesday, are disturbed by the virus with four infected players in Paris, seven in Monaco and more than twenty in Bordeaux.

  • China: decline in cases in Xi'an

On the Chinese side, the news is better.

New cases hit their lowest level in the past seven days in Xi'an, a northern city that has been confined for eleven days.

On Sunday, 122 new coronavirus infections - its lowest level since December 25 - were recorded in this historic city in the north of the country, famous for the underground army of the first emperor of China, against 174 the day before.

  • Anti-restrictions protest in Amsterdam

Thousands of people gathered in Amsterdam on Sunday to protest against the health restrictions in force in the Netherlands, where a new lockdown was imposed a week before Christmas in the face of the spread of the Omicron variant.

Clashes with the police resulted in several minor injuries and the police made arrests, according to Dutch public television NOS.

  • More than 5.4 million deaths worldwide

The pandemic has killed at least 5,438,312 people worldwide since December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources, Sunday in the middle of the day.

The United States is the most bereaved country with 825,819 dead, followed by Brazil (619,105), India (481,770) and Russia (310,518).

The World Health Organization estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than that officially recorded.

Source: lefigaro

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