New medical evacuations in France, daily record of deaths in Russia, total reopening subject to vaccinations in Norway ...
Le Figaro
takes stock, Friday, August 13, on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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More than 1,800 patients in critical care in French hospitals
The epidemic continues to spread in France, where 74 deaths from Covid were counted this Friday in hospitals.
With 188 new critical care admissions in 24 hours, the number of patients in these services who treat the most serious cases reached 1,831, up from the previous day (1,807).
They were 1,458 last Friday.
Hospitals received 9,546 patients on Friday - against 9,465 the day before - including 836 admitted in the last 24 hours.
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The white plan triggered for the hospital on the West Indian island of Saint-Martin
The White Plan was triggered on Friday for the hospital on the West Indian island of Saint-Martin due to
"the sharp increase in the number of Covid cases"
and the curfew was brought forward to 8:00
p.m.
, announced the prefect.
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"The health situations in Guadeloupe and Martinique having deteriorated for several weeks and our hospital system cannot cope alone, I decided to introduce additional measures to stop the spread of the virus,"
said the prefect of Saint-Barthélemy and from Saint-Martin, Serge Gouteyron.
The French part of Saint-Martin is facing a sharp increase in the number of Covid cases: 234 cases were recorded last week and already 153 new cases have been confirmed since Monday.
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New evacuations of patients from saturated regions
Six Covid-19 patients were transferred from Corsica and Occitania to Brittany and the Grand Est on Friday, and six others must be evacuated from Martinique to Paris this weekend, authorities said. As in the first three epidemic waves, medical evacuations are increasing to relieve the most crowded hospitals.
In Corsica, where three patients in intensive care had already been transported to Marseille, three other transfers from Ajaccio and Bastia
"have taken place today to Brittany"
, according to the prefecture.
Two were taken care of at the Brest CHU and the third in Morlaix, said the regional health agency (ARS) of Brittany.
Three other patients hospitalized in intensive care at the Montpellier University Hospital were transferred by plane to Metz, the regional hospital center (CHR) in Lorraine said.
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Origin of the Covid: China refuses to collaborate with the WHO
Neither new investigation in China, nor additional data, nor
"politicization"
: Beijing sent Friday an inadmissibility to the World Health Organization (WHO), which called for better collaboration on the origin of the Covid.
“We are opposed to the politicization of the search for origins (...) and to the abandonment of the joint report. We support science-based research
,
”
said Ma Zhaoxu, a deputy foreign minister.
The joint WHO-China report, drawn up following the visit of international experts to Wuhan in January 2021, had judged
"extremely unlikely"
that the virus came from a laboratory.
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New daily death record in Russia
Russia reported 815 deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours on Friday, a record for the second day in a row which is due to the Delta variant and a sluggish vaccination campaign.
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A 3rd dose for immunocompromised Americans and for those over 50 in Israel
The United States has authorized the injection of a third dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 for people with weakened immune systems.
Israel on Friday began injecting a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine into people aged 50 and over, after deciding overnight to lower the minimum age in hopes of tackling a new wave of contamination linked to the Delta variant. .
The Hebrew state launched a campaign two weeks ago to allow people aged 60 and over to be injected with this third dose.
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China says it is on track to contain recent outbreak of outbreak
Chinese health officials said on Friday they were on track to contain the worst Covid-19 resurgence China has seen in seven months.
A multitude of outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant have appeared in 48 cities in 18 provinces across China, infecting more than 1,282 people in total, officials said.
However, in recent days there have been no new infections in many hot spots due to the strict control measures that have been taken, they added.
"
Of these 48 cities, 36 have reported no new contamination in the past five days,"
He Qinghua, head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters.
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Norway: total reopening conditional on vaccinations
The lifting of health restrictions in Norway will be conditional on the vaccination of its population, the government announced on Friday, in order to protect against a new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The final step of lifting restrictions - postponed twice already - and synonymous with a virtual normalization of society,
"will be implemented three weeks after anyone over the age of 18 has been offered the first dose of vaccine, ”
according to the government, which now expects to be lifted around September 6.
To date, some 87.2% of the adult population has received at least a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Norway.
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No more compulsory mask in Denmark
The Danish government has announced the lifting of the obligation to wear a mask on public transport, the only place where it was still required, as a result of the relaxation of social distancing rules.
The obligation, introduced on August 22, 2020, disappears from Saturday August 14.
Wearing a mask remains however de rigueur in planes and airports in the country, where international air transport rules are applied.
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San Francisco: vaccine required for some public places
San Francisco will become the first city in the United States to require the presentation of proof of the Covid-19 vaccine for access to certain public places, without the possibility of presenting a negative test, announced the mayor of this large city Californian.
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More than 4.3 million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 4,333,013 people worldwide since the end of December 2019, out of more than 205.3 million infections, according to a report established by AFP from official sources on Friday at 10:00 GMT.
The United States is the country with the most deaths (619,093), ahead of Brazil (566,896), India (430,254), Mexico (246,811) and Peru (197,209).
The World Health Organization 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 calculated from official figures.
