Alert threshold exceeded in Occitania, death record in Russia, indicators in the red in Tunisia ...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Tuesday, July 13 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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933 patients in intensive care in France
The pressure on hospitals continues to decrease.
This Tuesday, 7,076 patients suffering from Covid-19 were hospitalized in France, against 7,137 on Monday.
Among them, 246 people entered the hospital in the past 24 hours.
The number of people in intensive care was also down on Tuesday.
933 patients were in intensive care, up from 957 the day before.
37 have been admitted in the last 24 hours.
22 people have also died in hospital, bringing the toll since the start of the pandemic to 84,902 deaths in French hospitals.
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Health pass: Attal promises "flexibility rules" for 12-18 year olds
The
"flexibility rule"
will apply in the implementation of the requirement to present a health pass for children and adolescents 12 to 18 years, on Tuesday promised the government spokesman Gabriel Attal.
"It is out of the question to impose a hellish summer"
on those under 18, a
"small number" of whom
have a full vaccination schedule against Covid-19, he said, saying the government was
" pragmatic ”
and concerned with
“ making common sense prevail ”.
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The health pass - negative covid test or vaccination certificate - will indeed be necessary
"at the beginning of August"
to frequent cafes, restaurants and shopping centers and to take trains and planes, Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday.
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Record of appointments for vaccination after the announcements of Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday evening compulsory vaccination for staff in hospitals, clinics and retirement homes, as well as for professionals and volunteers working with the elderly.
The people concerned
"will have until September 15 to be vaccinated"
specified the French president.
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Emmanuel Macron's announcement was followed by a record number of appointments made on the leading site in this field, Doctolib, with nearly 1.7 million appointments made since Monday evening.
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Warning threshold exceeded in Occitanie, sharp rise in the Pyrénées-Orientales
The alert threshold has just been exceeded in the Occitanie region, with 51 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants, with in particular a sharp increase recorded in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Regional Health Agency (ARS Occitanie) said on Tuesday. .
“The variant (Delta) is in the majority throughout the region, in all the departments.
The region is one of the first to exceed the alert threshold of 50 if it is not the first ”
, indicated during a press point the regional director of the ARS Pierre Ricordeau.
The situation is deteriorating rapidly in the Pyrénées-Orientales, bordering Spain, with 129.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by the two most populous departments in the region, Haute-Garonne (63 cases per 100,000 inhabitants) and the 'Hérault (58.9).
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The transitional state of health emergency regime will be extended until December 31 in France
The transitional state of health emergency regime, decided to deal with the Covid-19 health crisis, will be extended from September 30 to December 31, the government spokesman announced on Tuesday.
The government will propose, in the bill presented to the Council of Ministers on July 19, that the transitional regime, put in place on June 2 after the end of the state of emergency, be extended until the end of the year, said Gabriel Attal.
Curfew of at least three weeks in Reunion
The curfew put in place from Wednesday in Reunion Island as part of the state of health emergency will last at least three weeks, said the prefect of this French department of the Indian Ocean on Tuesday.
This curfew introduced between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. due to the increase in Covid-19 cases and still too low vaccination coverage
"is the last measure before other harsher ones"
, warned Jacques Billant during of a press conference.
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President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday that a state of health emergency would be declared in Martinique and Reunion to cope with increased circulation of the coronavirus in the two overseas territories.
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New 24-hour death record in Russia
Russia announced on Tuesday that it had recorded a new daily coronavirus death record with 780 dead, surpassing a previous record of 752 dead set on Saturday.
The country, which recorded 24,702 new infections in 24 hours, is hit hard by the Delta variant, which appeared in India and is more contagious.
The main foci are the capital, Moscow, and the country's second city St. Petersburg, where restrictive measures have been tightened in recent weeks.
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Indicators in the red in Tunisia, France places the country on its red list
Tunisia has the death rate linked to Covid-19
"the strongest"
of the entire African continent and the entire Arab world, alerted a representative of the World Health Organization (WHO).
The country records
"more than 100 deaths per day"
for 12 million inhabitants, which is
"really a lot"
, Dr Yves Souteyrand told AFP, adding that the situation was likely to worsen in a country which has need help and vaccines.
Read also: Covid-19: France places Tunisia on its red list
France will provide Tunisia with more than one million doses of vaccine in the coming weeks, the Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.
Paris has at the same time decided to place the country on its red list,
"which means that the unvaccinated cannot go there or come back without a compelling reason
,
"
government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced on Tuesday.
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No compulsory vaccination in Germany
Germany does not
"intend"
to make anti-Covid vaccination compulsory, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday, who is banking on the
"will"
of patients and
"publicity"
in favor of vaccines.
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Agreement to produce Sputnik V in India
Russia announced on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, to produce 300 million doses per year of the Sputnik V vaccine.
"This strategic partnership is a major step to increase our production capacities considerably
,
”
said Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which is funding the development of this vaccine.
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Vaccination center closed in Malaysia after contamination
A Covid-19 vaccination center in Shah Alam, Malaysia, was closed on Tuesday after the detection of more than 200 positive cases among its health workers, according to the authorities.
None of them are suffering from severe symptoms, probably because almost all of the centre's employees have been vaccinated, said the minister responsible for the vaccination campaign, Khairy Jamaluddin.
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Bangladesh will lift its containment for Eid al-Adha despite a record of contaminations
Bangladesh will lift its national containment in the face of Covid-19 for Eid al-Adha, one of the two most important holidays on the Muslim calendar, the government announced on Tuesday, despite a record number of new infections.
All restrictions will be lifted from Thursday in this predominantly Muslim country of 169 million people before Eid al-Adha (also known as Eid-el-Kebir, Feast of sacrifice or Great feast), which will be celebrated this year. from July 20 to 22.
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Over four million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 4.044 million people worldwide since the onset of the disease at the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources on Tuesday at around 10:00 GMT.
The United States is the most affected country, with 607,400 deaths, followed by Brazil (534,233), India (410,784), Mexico (235,058) and Peru (194,488).
These figures, which are based on daily reports from national health authorities, are generally underestimated.
WHO estimates deaths could be two to three times higher.
