A vaccine available in December for Sanofi, record cases in Africa, possible lifting of the latest restrictions in England ...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Monday, July 5 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
To discover
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A possible fourth wave at the end of July in France
The spokesman for the French government estimated Monday that a fourth wave of the pandemic from the end of July is
"a possibility"
but
"not a fatality"
thanks to the vaccination, confirming a warning from the Minister of Health Olivier Véran .
"For a little less than a week, the epidemic has regained ground, the Delta variant which is particularly contagious, particularly worrying, is gaining ground very quickly"
, worried Gabriel Attal on the radio.
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Covid-19:"
the restart of the epidemic may be important this summer
"
Sanofi expects a vaccine for December
The vaccine developed by the French laboratory Sanofi, in collaboration with the British GSK, should be available in December, said the French president of the laboratory, Olivier Bogillot, on Monday.
This vaccine, now in the phase of massive trials, known as phase 3, had been delayed by several months, causing controversy.
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The results of phase 2 of the Sanofi vaccine"
are excellent
", welcomes Agnès Pannier-Runacher
Record cases in Africa
More than 36,000 daily contaminations have been identified in the past seven days in Africa, a record number on the continent since the start of the pandemic, according to an AFP count from official reports stopped on Sunday.
With 36,141 daily cases on average over the week of June 28 to July 4, the epidemic outbreak currently observed in Africa exceeded the 32,609 contaminations per day recorded between January 5 and 11, during the previous epidemic peak.
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The Prime Minister of Luxembourg in a "
serious but stable
" state
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel will remain hospitalized for another
"two to four days"
due to the persistence of symptoms of the coronavirus, his services said on Monday, which speak of a
"serious but stable" condition.
Xavier Bettel, 48, in solitary confinement since June 27 after having tested positive for Covid-19, was hospitalized on Sunday
“as a precaution”
due to breathing difficulties.
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The stay was initially scheduled for 24 hours, but the hospitalization had to be extended on Monday, according to a statement from his office.
“The Prime Minister's current medical condition is considered serious, but stable.
Thus, the medical staff decided that hospitalization remains necessary in order to be able to continue the observation, for a period estimated between two and four days ”
, underlines the press release.
London lifts the veil on ending restrictions
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson must unveil his plans on Monday to lift most of the latest health restrictions from July 19 in England and call on the population to cautiously
"learn to live with"
the coronavirus in this European country with the most people killed by the pandemic (128,000), after Russia.
This deadline had been pushed back by one month due to the outbreak of the Delta variant, which now represents almost all new cases in the United Kingdom.
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Norway pushes back its full reopening
Norway postponed Monday
“until the end of July, beginning of August”
at the earliest the almost total lifting of its health restrictions in order to guard against a possible fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic due to the Delta variant.
“The evolution remains positive,”
Prime Minister Erna Solberg said at a press conference, but
“we choose to wait and see how (...) the Delta variant affects the situation”
.
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In Israel, fear of reduced efficacy against the Delta variant
The rebound in Covid-19 contaminations in Israel, where more than half of the population is fully vaccinated with Pfizer / BioNTech, is a
“preliminary sign”
of potentially lower vaccine efficacy on “
moderate cases”
of the Delta variant, an expert estimated Monday.
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While the epidemic situation in Israel is closely monitored internationally due to the precocity of the vaccination campaign, Ran Balicer, head of the national expert committee, however called for caution, believing that it was
"too early to accurately assess ”
this effectiveness.
More than five of the 9.3 million Israelis (55% of the population) received two doses, mostly from the American laboratory Pfizer, promoting a drop in the number of cases and the lifting of restrictions.
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Covid-19 not yet "
defeated
", warns Biden
US President Joe Biden warned on Sunday that
"the Covid-19 (had) not been defeated"
, and called on his compatriots to be vaccinated,
"the most patriotic action possible"
, on the occasion of the American national holiday, he said.
At the same time, he assured in a speech that the United States had
"taken over"
a virus which
"no longer controls our lives"
, while the rapid circulation of the delta variant and the low vaccination rate in some regions worry experts.
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Covax: donation of 1.5 million vaccines to El Salvador
El Salvador, which has deplored 2,409 covid deaths since the start of the pandemic, received 1.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 donated by the United States as part of the Covax program on Sunday evening, the ministry announced. of Health.
El Salvador has vaccinated 2.8 million people to date and aims to vaccinate 4.5 of its 6.7 million inhabitants.
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Nearly four million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 3,980,935 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to an assessment established by AFP from official sources on Monday at 12 noon. The United States is the most affected country in number of deaths (605,526), followed by Brazil (524,417), India (402,728), Mexico (233,622) and Peru (193,230). These figures, which are based on daily reports from national health authorities, are generally underestimated. The WHO estimates that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher.
