New record of deaths and cases in Russia, the Delta variant predominant in the coming months, Bali reopens its airport to international flights ...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Thursday, October 14 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic .
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1,075 patients in intensive care in French hospitals
The epidemic continues to decline in France, where 6,523 patients are still hospitalized on Thursday, including 206 since the day before.
They were 6,601 Wednesday.
1,075 people are treated in critical care services - 44 were received there in the last 24 hours - against 1091 the day before.
38 people also died from Covid in French hospitals on Thursday, according to Public Health France, bringing the toll to 90,318 deaths in hospital since the start of the pandemic.
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The Delta variant will be predominant in the coming months, according to the WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that the Delta variant, which is very contagious and which is already the cause of more than three quarters of new cases of Covid in many large countries, is predominant in the next months.
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The government could make the health pass conditional on the administration of a booster dose
Invited from Europe 1 this Thursday morning, the Minister of Labor said that the government was considering the possibility of removing the health pass for people refusing to take the third dose.
“
It's something that we look at, it is not decided.
The interest is to stay protected with this vaccine,
”said Élisabeth Borne.
The day before, the government spokesperson had remained cautious about future developments concerning the link between the recall and the health pass.
“
Today, the third dose, or the vaccine booster, is not required as part of the health pass
,” Gabriel Attal recalled, implying that this situation could change.
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"It's something that we look at", answers Borne.
New records of deaths and cases in Russia
Russia on Thursday recorded daily records for new infections and deaths from the coronavirus, as the epidemic is in full swing amid a sluggish vaccination campaign and very reduced health restrictions.
According to the government's daily report, 31,299 infected people have been counted in the last 24 hours and 986 people have died.
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European regulator examines AstraZeneca antibody cocktail
The European regulator said Thursday that it had started to evaluate an AstraZeneca antibody cocktail against Covid-19, paving the way for a possible authorization for the use of the drug in the European Union. The laboratory ensures that it can be effective in preventing Covid in fragile patients.
Tests have shown that the drug AZD7442, a combination of antibodies, reduces severe symptoms and deaths from Covid-19, Swedish-British group AstraZeneca said on Monday.
The decision to initiate an ongoing review of the antibody cocktail, also called Evusheld,
"is based on preliminary results from clinical studies, which suggest that the drug may help protect against disease," the drug
said in a statement. European Medicines Agency (EMA), based in Amsterdam.
It may take several months between the start of a continuous review by the EMA and a possible green light.
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People vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson may receive a booster dose of a different vaccine
People who have received the Covid-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson may benefit from receiving a booster dose of a different, messenger RNA vaccine, according to preliminary results from a US study published Wednesday.
This study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, was eagerly awaited in the United States because it examines the possibility of
"mixing"
the vaccines - that is, using a different vaccine for the booster dose than for the initial series - which is not allowed at the moment in the country.
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Tuberculosis: deaths start to rise again due to Covid
The disruption of health services due to Covid wiped out years of the fight against tuberculosis, with deaths on the rise for the first time in more than ten years, the WHO warned on Thursday.
And the situation seems far from improving as a growing number of people do not know they are suffering from the disease, which can be treated and cured, worries the World Health Organization, in its annual report. on tuberculosis for 2020.
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WHO estimates that around 4.1 million people have tuberculosis but have not been diagnosed or have not been officially declared, a figure sharply up from 2.9 million in 2019. According to the report , last year there were 214,000 deaths from tuberculosis among people living with HIV (up from 209,000 in 2019) and 1.3 million deaths from tuberculosis among other people (up from 1.2 million in 2019).
That is to say a total of some 1.5 million deaths, a situation that sends the world back to 2017, worries the WHO.
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More than 200 writers assisted by the state during the summer
More than 200 writers or authors have benefited from
"exceptional aid"
from the state to compensate for the loss of income due to the health crisis, the National Book Center said on Thursday.
The CNL said in a press release that it had distributed to 209 authors, between July and September, a total of 761,625 euros of this aid.
This was supposed to guarantee a certain continuity of income in a period marked by
"the cancellation of festivals, fairs, meetings and artistic and cultural education activities".
Capped at 9,000 euros, it amounted to an average of 3,644 euros.
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Bali reopens its airport to international flights
Bali officially reopened its airport to some international flights on Thursday, including those from China, Japan and France, to allow tourism to resume, devastated after more than a year and a half of the Indonesian island's closure to tourists foreigners due to pandemic.
But the local authorities specified that no international flight was expected for the moment and the international terminal remained deserted.
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Crowds return to Indian religious festivals
The main religious holiday season is in full swing in India and huge and noisy crowds are flocking to markets and fairs for the first time in two years, just six months after a devastating wave of Covid-19.
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Golf: Australian Open canceled
The men's and women's Australian Open golf tournaments have been canceled due to travel restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic, the Australian federation announced Thursday.
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More than 4.87 million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 4,870,405 worldwide since the end of December 2019, according to an assessment established by AFP from official sources, Thursday at midday.
The United States is the most bereaved country with 719,530 dead, followed by Brazil (601,574), India (451,435), Mexico (283,193) and Russia (220,315).
The WHO estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the results of the pandemic could be two to three times higher.
