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Covid-19: border controls are stepped up in Europe

2021-03-31T05:37:31.808Z


UPDATE ON THE SITUATION - New measures, new reports and highlights: an update on the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.


Close schools by bringing the holidays forward?

Extend braking measures to other departments?

Or “

push the walls

” of hospitals while waiting for the impact of vaccinations?

Once again, the French are suspended from the arbitrations that the Head of State will make with the ministers most concerned during the Defense Council which begins at 9 a.m. at the Elysee Palace.

The hospital is still under great stress.

The number of patients in intensive care has climbed to 5,072, beyond normal hospital capacity and the peak of the second wave in November.

The incidence rate has also increased.

Including Covid patients and others, nearly nine out of 10 intensive care beds (6,833 out of 7,665 as of March 26) are currently occupied, according to the Ministry of Health, which specifies that "

the increase in capacity is continues in all regions

”.

Read also: Covid-19: are the resuscitation services really saturated?

  • AstraZeneca: restricted use in Germany

Germany is preparing to suspend the use of AstraZeneca's anti-Covid-19 vaccine for those under 60 years of age in the wake of a new recommendation made Tuesday by the vaccine commission after several cases of blood clots.

Spain will for its part expand the target populations of the AstraZeneca vaccine beyond the 55-65 age group when it comes to essential workers: health personnel, law enforcement or teachers.

  • Strengthening border controls

Germany will strengthen for the “

next 8 to 14 days

” the controls around its land borders, in particular with France, Denmark and Poland.

The police will "

not be

able

to send the travelers back

" but will check that they have a negative test within 48 hours and have registered with the German health authorities.

Italy will impose a five-day quarantine on travelers from member countries of the European Union, who will also have to undergo a test before their departure, as well as another after their isolation.

  • Additional investigations

The United States and thirteen allied countries on Tuesday expressed their "

concerns

" in a joint statement about the World Health Organization (WHO) report on the origin of Covid-19, calling on China to give "

full access

”to their data.

WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, for his part, called for an investigation into the hypothesis of a virus leak from a laboratory in China to explain the origin of the pandemic, and criticized the insufficient sharing of data by Beijing during the mission of international experts this winter.

Read also: Covid-19: WHO wants an investigation into a possible laboratory leak in China

  • Gradual easing in Ireland

Ireland, confined for three months to fight against the coronavirus, will gradually ease its restrictions from April 12, before considering a gradual reopening of non-essential businesses in May.

  • Limited alcohol sale in South Africa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday that the sale of take-out alcohol would be banned during the four days of the long Easter weekend, in order to avoid a relaxation of behavior conducive to a third wave of the epidemic.

  • Wild party in Lyon

A wild party, with music and drinks, gathered some 300 people Tuesday at the end of the day in Lyon, in the south-east of France, provoking the ire of the authorities who seized justice, while the country faces an upsurge in the pandemic.

The bar of 5,000 patients "

in critical care

" in France, the most serious cases, was exceeded on Tuesday, according to daily figures from Public Health France.

Read also: Covid-19: hundreds of revelers gathered in Lyon, the police have orders not to intervene

  • Nearly 2.8 million dead

The pandemic has killed at least 2.79 million people worldwide since the end of December 2019, according to an AFP report from official sources on Tuesday.

The United States is the country with the most deaths with 550,930 dead, ahead of Brazil (317,646), Mexico (201,826), India (162,114) and the United Kingdom (126,615).

These figures are globally underestimated.

They are based on daily reports from national health authorities, without including reassessments based on statistical bases.

  • Vaccines: over 565 million doses

Colombia reached two million doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered on Tuesday, as the country faces a new explosion of deaths and contagions.

More than 565 million doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been administered worldwide, according to a count made by AFP from official sources Tuesday at 11:00 GMT.

Source: lefigaro

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