50% of the European population fully vaccinated, Macron praises the French origins of vaccination, the inhabitants of Wuhan screened ...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Tuesday, August 3 on the latest information related to the Covid pandemic.
1331 patients in critical care, 57 deaths in 24 hours
The Covid epidemic resumes in France, where 57 people have died from the virus in the past 24 hours, according to the latest report from Public Health France.
26,829 new cases were detected.
Critical care services, which receive the most serious cases, have 1,331 patients (including 218 admissions in 24 hours) compared to 1,232 patients on Monday and 978 a week ago.
This indicator had passed below the threshold of 1000 on July 7, before starting to rise slowly and return above 1000 five days ago.
The number of Covid patients in hospital is now 7,974, 134 more than Monday and 837 more than a week ago.
Admissions over the past 24 hours are also on the rise, with 818 patients against 688 on Monday, the highest figure since the end of May.
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European Union: 50% of the population fully vaccinated
The European Union has now fully vaccinated half of its population (223.8 million people), according to official data compiled by AFP on Tuesday.
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Macron praises the French origins of vaccination
Vaccination, "
it's French, it's Louis Pasteur
", and messenger RNA, a technology used by several anti-Covid vaccines, is "
again a French discovery
", reassured Emmanuel Macron on Instagram on Tuesday. and Tik Tok to convince to get vaccinated.
The Head of State has launched since Monday in an educational exercise on these social networks, responding with short videos in selfie mode to the questions of the French.
To one of them who wondered about the safety of messenger RNA vaccines, Emmanuel Macron replied: "
The vaccine, first, it's French, it's Louis Pasteur, it's been a while
" , and this has made it possible to eradicate many diseases. As for messenger RNA: "
another French discovery, it is not yesterday, it is from 1961
", he underlines, with reference to researchers at the Institut Pasteur in Paris Jacques Monod, François Jacob and François Gros who then demonstrated the existence of this RNA. However, it is the Hungarian Katalin Kariko who will work on this technique for therapeutic purposes and will become, with the American Drew Weissman, the first to master the immune reactions linked to the transcription of theMessenger RNA.
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Vaccine: Sanofi invests in messenger RNA
The French group Sanofi announced on Tuesday the purchase for 3.2 billion dollars of the American Translate Bio, specialist in messenger RNA, an innovative technology which has experienced a sharp acceleration with the Covid-19 crisis and in which the pharmaceutical giant wants to accelerate its development.
Read also: Covid-19: Can Sanofi's vaccine still be useful?
Health pass: CGT, Solidaires and FSU join in the referral of the Wise Men
The CGT, Solidaires and the FSU announced on Tuesday that they had joined the referral to the Constitutional Council on the law relating to the management of the health crisis, for "
the defense of the fundamental rights
" of workers.
They believe that the law, which notably provides for the controversial extension of the health pass and the vaccination obligation for caregivers, “
attacks several major constitutional principles: the right to employment, equality and the prohibition of discrimination, respect for private life and the right to social protection and public health
”. The unions consider in particular that with the pass required for the people attending certain places and the employees working there, “
the law will in particular reinforce the subordination of the employees by granting to the employers new disciplinary provisions not supervised and which cannot be controlled nor by the 'labor inspection or by occupational medicine
'.
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Third dose: arbitration "
next week
" on the people concerned
The exact scope of people who will be offered a vaccine booster against Covid-19 at the start of the school year should be the subject of arbitration "
next week
", the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.
"
Today we have no arbitration, or even a completely stabilized view of the people who would be likely to be offered a third dose at the start of the school year,
" said the ministry during a weekly update on the vaccination campaign.
These arbitrations "
will be rendered in principle next week
", the same source said.
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Spain extends aid for the most vulnerable
Moratorium on evictions or power cuts: the Spanish government extended a package of measures to help the most vulnerable people cope with the consequences of the pandemic on Tuesday until the end of October.
Originally, the executive of socialist Pedro Sánchez adopted these measures in March 2020, during the first wave of the pandemic, which had particularly affected Spain.
These measures, which were due to end on August 9, will be extended until October 31, announced government spokeswoman Isabel Rodríguez, after the council of ministers, as the country faces a new wave of infections.
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Wuhan residents screened
The Chinese city of Wuhan (center), where the Covid-19 appeared at the end of 2019, will again screen its inhabitants after the discovery of a few cases, local authorities announced on Tuesday.
Panicked at the idea of reliving last year's confinement, residents rushed to supermarkets.
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Sweden: vaccine booster in 2022
Sweden plans to offer a booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to "
a large part of the population
" in 2022, even if it could start with vulnerable populations as early as this fall, health authorities announced on Tuesday.
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Vaccination target achieved in the United States
The United States has reached the rate of 70% of adults having received at least one dose of the anti-Covid vaccine, almost a month after the target date set by President Biden, as hospitalizations reach comparable levels to those of the wave of last summer.
49.7% of the total population are now fully vaccinated.
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Washington announces that it has distributed more than 100 million vaccines worldwide
The United States announced Tuesday that it has distributed more than 100 million Covid-19 vaccines worldwide, more donations than “
all other countries combined
” and “
this is just the beginning,
” according to a statement.
The United States has shipped 111,701,000 doses to more than 60 countries, most of it through the international Covax initiative but also in collaboration with partners such as the African Union or CARICOM (Caribbean Community).
This "
reflects American generosity
," the statement said.
In detail, the main beneficiaries to date are Indonesia (8 million doses), the Philippines and Colombia (6 million doses or more), or Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan and South Africa. South (5 million or more).
Read also: The deployment of vaccines and the Biden plan are the best assets against the crisis, according to the OECD
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More than 4.23 million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 4,234,618 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP.
The United States is the country with the most deaths (613,679), ahead of Brazil (557,223), India (425,195), Mexico (241,279) and Peru (196,518).
The WHO 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 which is officially established.
