First death in New Caledonia, Agnès Buzyn in court, end of restrictions in Denmark ...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Friday, September 10 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Agnès Buzyn in court
The former French Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn, who had resigned in mid-February 2020 at the start of the Covid-19 epidemic, arrived Friday at the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR) in Paris which is investigating the government management of the health crisis since July 2020. The questioning of Agnès Buzyn, who can be indicted or emerge under the more favorable status of assisted witness, would be the first in this vast dossier devoted to the way in which the authorities French people anticipated and then managed the coronavirus epidemic which killed at least 115,000 people in France.
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His summons to the CJR is" an excellent opportunity to restore the truth "on his management of the Covid-19 crisis, says Agnès Buzyn
First death in New Caledonia
New Caledonia recorded its first death linked to Covid-19 on Friday, announced the President of the Government, Louis Mapou, who warned of an
"unprecedented crisis"
in this French territory in the Pacific so far largely spared by the pandemic.
The archipelago has been in strict containment since September 6 after the discovery of three indigenous cases.
Read also Covid-19: New Caledonia records its first death
Collective immunity is illusory, according to the WHO
The director of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe Hans Kluge was more pessimistic on Friday about the ability of a high vaccination rate to stop the pandemic on its own, because of the variants that reduced the prospect of collective immunity.
According to epidemiologists, it now seems illusory to achieve collective immunity only through vaccines, but these remain crucial to contain the pandemic.
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Faced with variants, the WHO is pessimistic about the ability of vaccines to contain the Covid-19 pandemic
End of restrictions in Denmark
No longer the shadow of a mask or a health pass, the offices have come back to life and the concerts bring together tens of thousands of fans: this Friday, Denmark turns the page entirely on restrictions aimed at fighting Covid-19.
Read also Covid-19: Denmark wants to be inspired by the Israeli vaccine model
The epidemic has peaked in Polynesia
The Covid-19 epidemic has peaked in French Polynesia, with a drop in the number of hospitalizations, even if the situation remains
"serious"
because the intensive care units are still saturated, said High Commissioner Dominique Sorain on Thursday (Friday in Paris).
Thursday, 303 people were hospitalized in Polynesia, including 57 in intensive care, and 538 people had died since the start of the health crisis in the territory.
The situation
"is still serious because we still have hospitals, health centers, which are saturated,"
the High Commissioner told reporters during a visit to the hospital on the island of Moorea, facing Tahiti.
"If there is a drop in the number of hospitalizations"
, with about
"a quarter less hospitalization"
than ten days ago, the people
"who come to the hospital are more in more sick ",
and
" many are in intensive care unit "
, he explained.
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French Polynesia notes" a drop in hospitalizations "linked to the Covid-19 epidemic
Los Angeles Makes Vaccine Mandatory for Students 12 and Older
The Los Angeles school district, the second largest in the United States, decided Thursday to require all students aged 12 and over to be vaccinated against Covid-19 if they wish to attend a public school.
This vote by district officials, which has some 600,000 students in total, concerns about 220,000 of them eligible for vaccination, a first on such a scale in the country.
It comes as President Joe Biden has announced that he is making vaccination mandatory for about two-thirds of American workers, including federal employees and employees of companies with more than 100 people.
Read alsoCovid-19: Los Angeles makes the vaccine compulsory for students aged 12 and over
European states impacted unequally
The health crisis has affected European states very unevenly, and successive lockdowns have been particularly destructive for the service sector.
However, this sector often employs
"an abundant unskilled labor force"
, which could lead to an increase in
"inequalities and (of) poverty"
within Europe, says the OECD in a report.
Read alsoCovid-19: the slow awakening of tourism in Europe
Parts shortage at Toyota
The Japanese auto giant Toyota again downgraded its forecast for vehicle production in Japan and abroad on Friday (-400,000), due to a shortage of parts caused by the spread of Covid-19 in Southeast Asia.
Read alsoToyota and General Motors regain their pre-crisis health despite lack of chips
More than 4.60 million dead
The Covid-19 pandemic has killed at least 4,602,565 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to a report established on Friday at 10:00 GMT by AFP from official sources.
The United States is the country with the most deaths (654,598), ahead of Brazil (585,174), India (442,009), Mexico (266,150) and Peru (198,621), according to official figures.
The World Health Organization (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.
