Progress of the Delta variant, death record in Russia, compulsory vaccination for caregivers ...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Tuesday, June 29 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Covid-19: what we know about the Delta variant
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The Delta variant represents 20% of new cases in France
The Delta variant, which is wreaking havoc in Russia, is progressing in France and already represents
"20% of new cases"
of Covid-19, double the previous week.
"We can escape it"
with vaccination and a tight tracing, however assured Tuesday the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.
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The Delta variant represents 20% of new diagnoses, assures Véran
Olivier Véran threatens to make vaccination compulsory for caregivers from September
The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, again threatened Tuesday to make
vaccination against Covid-19
"compulsory"
for caregivers in September, if the
"work of conviction"
was not sufficient during the summer.
"I cannot take the risk of having waves of Covid in the nursing homes, of being forced to close the nursing homes, of being forced to tell tens, hundreds of thousands of elderly people who have nothing asked that they can no longer see their families, that they can no longer go out, and count the sick and victims in the Ehpads because there would be a fear that could not have been fought and conquered ”
, says Olivier Véran on the antenna of franceinfo.
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Recalling the need to go through the law if the vaccination of caregivers were to become compulsory, he said:
“We have given the date of September, we are giving ourselves the summer so that everyone has had time to make their choice, after which, if the vaccination is insufficient, we will move towards compulsory vaccination ”.
"SEE ALSO - If the vaccination of caregivers is still
" insufficient "in September, it will become mandatory, warns Olivier Véran
Kremlin admits missing vaccination targets, death toll
The Russian government reported on Tuesday 652 deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours, its heaviest daily toll, caused by the rise of the Delta variant. In total, Russia has deplored 134,545 dead since the start of the pandemic, making it the most bereaved European country. Some 151,000 Covid-19 patients are also hospitalized in Russia, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko announced on Tuesday, noting a
"tense" situation
when the country currently has 182,000 beds.
Russia will also fail to vaccinate 60% of its population in the fall against Covid, admitted the Kremlin, burying this goal when the country recorded its heaviest daily death toll on Tuesday.
"It is obvious that we will not reach the 60%"
, said the spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov, referring to the goal set in the spring by Vladimir Poutine.
Read also: Russia: 151,000 Covid-19 patients hospitalized
"The number of people wishing to be vaccinated only started to increase this week,"
he added, without giving any figures.
This goal has never seemed attainable, the mistrust of the Russians towards vaccines produced in the country, especially Sputnik V, being such that since December only around 16% of the population has received at least one injection.
Vaccine: 3 billion doses administered worldwide
More than three billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been administered worldwide, according to an AFP count made Tuesday at 09:00 GMT from official sources.
Some 40% of the doses administered worldwide (1.2 billion) were in China.
India (329 million) and the United States (324 million) complete the podium.
Countries with
"high income"
(as defined by the World Bank) administered an average of 79 doses per 100 inhabitants, against a single dose in countries with
"low income".
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United States to send 2.5 million doses to Bangladesh
The United States began shipping 2.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine to Bangladesh on Tuesday, hit by a new wave of infections, a White House official told AFP.
Read also: Variant Delta: Bangladesh decrees strict containment from Monday
Australia: 10 million people confined
About 10 million Australians have been instructed to observe containment in several cities of the immense island-continent, facing for a few weeks with an outbreak of cases, in particular of the highly contagious variant Delta, due to faults in the quarantine devices for travelers arriving from abroad.
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After the inhabitants of Sydney (south-east), Darwin (north) and Perth (west), it is those of Brisbane (east) and several areas of the state of Queensland who will have to stay at home from Tuesday evening , for an initial period of three days.
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Australia: Brisbane, 4th major city to be confined
Nearly four million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 3,932,561 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources Tuesday at 10:00 GMT.
The United States is the most affected country with 604,115 dead.
Brazil, which has 514,092 dead, is followed by India (397,637), Mexico (232,608) and Peru (192,163), the country deploring the most deaths in relation to its population.
These figures, which are based on daily reports from national health authorities, are generally underestimated.
The World Health Organization estimates that the toll from the pandemic could be two to three times higher than officially calculated.