Dismantled fake pass manufacturing network, easing of restrictions in England, heart transplant refused to an unvaccinated patient...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Wednesday, January 26, of the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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428,008 new cases in 24 hours in France
428,008 new cases were detected in France in 24 hours, against 501,635 the day before.
The test positivity rate stands at 31.9%.
Free self-tests for National Education staff
The Ministry of National Education recalled on Wednesday that teachers will be able to benefit from ten free self-tests per month.
A government decree was published in the Official Journal last weekend, authorizing "
the free dispensation
" of ten self-tests per person per month to National Education personnel working in nursery, primary, middle and high school, as well as "
in the accommodation, reception and extracurricular activities associated therewith
”.
A first Covid death in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
The archipelago of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon recorded its first death linked to Covid-19 on Tuesday, that of an 88-year-old resident of the island of Miquelon, the prefecture of this French archipelago confirmed on Wednesday. 'North America.
According to concordant sources, the patient was not vaccinated against Covid-19 and claimed his choice.
Not masked, he had participated on January 9 in Miquelon in a demonstration against the local application of the health pass.
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The 6,000 inhabitants of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon have been confronted since the end of 2021 with a sharp upsurge in Covid-19 contaminations, recording nearly 700 positive cases since Christmas.
A recent screening carried out in mainland France confirmed that the Omicron variant is largely predominant there.
Thirteen people arrested for false passes
Thirteen people suspected of participating in a network of forgers which established more than 60,000 falsified health passes were arrested on Tuesday and Wednesday January 26 in the Lyon and Paris regions, AFP learned from concordant sources.
Three of these five suspects are suspected of being computer hackers, the gendarmerie said in a press release, estimating the total number of false health passes created at more than 62,000.
Aged between 22 and 29, these three suspects allegedly usurped the digital identities of 35 doctors spread across the national territory to generate these fraudulent vaccination certificates then resold directly to their beneficiaries or for the benefit of accomplices acting as resellers, she explains.
Moderna is testing a specific vaccine booster against Omicron
The American company Moderna announced on Wednesday that it had started clinical trials for a booster dose of a vaccine designed specifically against the Omicron variant.
These trials will include a total of 600 adults, half of whom already received two doses of Moderna's vaccine at least six months ago, and the other half received not only those initial two doses but also at least three months ago. , the booster dose already authorized.
"Partygate": Boris Johnson defends himself
Boris Johnson on Wednesday defended tooth and nail, in the face of criticism from the opposition, his place as prime minister suspended for the publication of a potentially explosive report on the parties held in Downing Street during the confinements.
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Accused of lies and called for resignation during his weekly explanation session before the deputies, the 57-year-old Conservative leader refused to comment on the ongoing investigation and rejected any departure.
He assured to focus on the economic recovery or the crisis in Ukraine, raising his voice in a stormy atmosphere.
Heart transplant refused to unvaccinated patient
A Boston hospital is denying one of its 31-year-old patients a heart transplant on the grounds that he is not vaccinated against Covid-19 and the transplant would thus be doomed to failure, television reports reported on Wednesday Americans.
In France, the question was asked this Wednesday by the boss of Paris hospitals, Martin Hirsch.
Asked on the set of the show
C à vous
, the director general of the AP-HP declared that free healthcare for sick non-vaccinated patients “
was not obvious
” and “
delicate
”.
More restrictions in England
England on Thursday left behind almost all of the latest restrictions in place to fight Covid-19, with which the government hopes people will get used to living as they do with the flu.
Italy: eased restrictions for travelers
Italy will ease anti-Covid restrictions for travelers from European Union countries from February, requiring proof of vaccination, recent recovery or negative test but no longer the quarantine obligation.
Costa Rica: “antivax” enter a hospital to recover a child
A group suspected of opposing the Covid vaccine entered a hospital in Heredia, Costa Rica, on Wednesday, attacking security guards, patients and medical personnel, in order to force out, but in vain, a six-year-old boy. years, according to health authorities.
According to the director of the establishment, the group, made up of around thirty people, was trying to get the child out, who had been hospitalized a few days earlier for a respiratory condition, and whose vaccination had therefore been recommended, despite opposition from his parents.
Morocco: the world of tourism wants the reopening of borders
“
Open the borders
”.
Professionals in the tourism industry in Morocco demonstrated on Wednesday to denounce the closing of borders, in force for two months to curb the spread of the Omicron variant but which weighs down this vital sector of the economy.
Israel: a 4th dose of vaccine for those over 18 at risk
The Israeli Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday evening to extend the injection of a 4th dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to people over 18 at risk.
Tunisia: curfew renewed
The Tunisian government announced on Wednesday the extension for two additional weeks of a night curfew imposed since January 13, in the face of the meteoric resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic in the country.
More than 5.6 million dead
The Covid-19 pandemic has killed at least 5,614,118 people worldwide since the end of December 2019, according to a report compiled by AFP from official sources on Wednesday at 11:00 GMT.
In absolute terms, the countries with the most deaths are the United States with 875,781 deaths, Brazil (624,413), India (491,127) and Russia (328,105).
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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.
