The epidemic resumption confirmed in France and in Europe, the health pass extended until the summer, the German government in favor of a generalization of the third dose of vaccine ...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Friday, November 5 on the latest information linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Macron will address the French "
very soon
" on the Covid
Emmanuel Macron will address the French "
very soon
" to take stock of the Covid-19 epidemic, in the recovery phase, economic recovery and reforms, government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced on Friday.
"
I can confirm that very soon the president will speak again
," he said.
He did not give a date but this speech could take place early next week, according to government sources.
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The epidemic resumption is confirmed in France
Lower temperatures, vaccination that has reached a ceiling, relaxation of barrier gestures: the conditions are in place to promote an epidemic resumption which is confirmed in France. “
All regions are affected,
” summarizes Patrick Rolland, from the regional directorate of Public Health France. On Thursday, the national public health agency reported 9,502 new cases and a positivity rate of 2.2% over the last seven days. A week earlier this rate, which measures the proportion of cases among those tested, was only 1.8%.
This recovery started last month, as evidenced by other indicators.
The week of October 25, the incidence rate, which reports the number of new cases to the entire population, was already up 12% compared to the previous week.
"
This incidence rate is on the rise for the third week in a row,
" said AFP Nicolas Methy, epidemiologist at Public Health France.
Another key indicator: the reproduction rate, which measures the average number of secondary cases caused by a single infected person, has also been "
above 1
" for three weeks, a threshold which marks a relaunch of the epidemic.
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Castex calls for "
general mobilization
" and third dose of vaccine
Prime Minister Jean Castex urged Friday in Montpellier to "
a general mobilization around vaccination
" in the face of the resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic in France, calling on those concerned to "
use the 3rd dose
".
"
We are not out of the epidemic, neither in France nor elsewhere, the time has not come to let our guard down
", also underlined the head of government, recalling that "
even if it is not not an explosion, 80 departments are experiencing a slight but real recovery
”The Prime Minister therefore called for the third dose for eligible people, especially those over 65 years of age.
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The health pass until the summer
The French Parliament on Friday authorized the use of the health pass until July 31, 2022, to the fury of the oppositions who accuse the power of evacuating any questioning of its health policy during the campaign for the presidential and legislative elections, which will be held next spring.
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The pandemic continued to accelerate in Europe this week
The Covid-19 pandemic continued this week to accelerate in Europe, against the tide of the rest of the world which is seeing its situation improving.
Most of the countries recording the biggest accelerations of the week (among those with at least 1,000 daily contaminations) are located on the Old Continent: Austria (+ 66%, 6,100 new cases per day), the Czech Republic (+56 %, 6400), Greece (+ 54%, 5200), Poland (+ 45%, 8800).
The only non-European country in this top 5, Vietnam (+ 45%, 5,800).
Outside Europe, the situation continues to improve in all other regions of the world: -26% of new cases recorded in Oceania, -18% in the Latin America / Caribbean zone, -13% in Africa, -6% in Asia, -3% in the United States / Canada zone and -2% in the Middle East.
Russia, for its part, has the highest number of daily deaths, 1,171 per day this week, narrowly dethroning the United States (1,169).
Ukraine (563) completes this disastrous podium.
Globally, 7,131 deaths have been recorded every day this week, a figure down 3%.
But this trend is affected by a revision of the Indian figures the previous week.
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German government in favor of generalization of the third dose
The German government and the regions pleaded on Friday for a generalization of the third dose of the anti-Covid vaccine to cope with the intense resumption of the pandemic in the country. "
The federal government and the state-regional governments agree that anyone who received their second (dose of) vaccination six months or more ago can be given a booster
" with a third dose, he said. Minister of Health, Jens Spahn, at a press conference.
Angela Merkel's government minister was speaking at the end of a two-day summit in Bavaria with health ministers from the 16 German Länder.
“
Recalls after six months must become the rule, not the exception,
” he said.
Booster vaccination is currently recommended for over 70s by the vaccination commission.
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Iceland imposes new restrictions, calls for third dose
To counter a record surge in Covid-19 cases, the Icelandic government announced a series of measures on Friday, including the return of the compulsory wearing of a mask in certain places or the lowering of the gauge of public gatherings.
The country's chief epidemiologist also called for the injection of a third dose for all people over 16 years fully vaccinated "
for about six months
", in a country where 89% of the population over 12 years is fully vaccinated.
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Pfizer says its anti-Covid pill 89% effective
Pfizer announced on Friday that its anti-Covid pill was 89% effective in preventing the risk of hospitalization or death, according to early clinical trial results.
The company intends to provide these results "as
soon as possible
" to the United States Drugs Agency (FDA) for authorization.
This is the second treatment of this type to show positive results, after the tablet developed by Merck, which was authorized Thursday in a first country, in the United Kingdom.
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More than five million deaths worldwide
The pandemic has killed at least 5,028,536 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources.
The United States is the most bereaved country with 751,555 dead, followed by Brazil (608,671), India (459,873), Mexico (289,131) and Russia (244,447).
These figures are based on the daily official balance sheets for each country, excluding upward revisions made a posteriori by some statistical agencies.
By taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, the WHO estimates that the global toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher.