Olivier Véran refuses to mention any date of the end of the health pass, Macron is once again boosting the appointments for the vaccine, explosion of new cases in Belgium ...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Wednesday, November 10 on the latest information linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Olivier Véran refuses to mention any end date of the health pass
The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, refused on Wednesday to discuss any timetable for the removal of the health pass, defending the decision to force the elderly to receive a booster of anti-Covid vaccine to continue to benefit from this pass. “
When will the health pass be abolished? Today we are facing an upsurge in the epidemic and this is certainly not the time to ask the question,
”the minister declared to the senators, the day after the announcement of a hardening of this pass. .
Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that from mid-December, those over 65 must have received a booster of anti-Covid vaccine, generally referred to as a “
third dose
”, to continue using the pass.
The recall campaign will also soon be extended to all French people over 50.
This booster has been offered since September to the elderly to compensate for the loss of effectiveness of vaccines observed over time.
People at risk - obese, diabetics ... - and caregivers are also entitled to it, but are not affected by the hardening of the past.
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The health pass for over 65s deactivated after six months and five weeks
The health pass for over 65s will be deactivated, in the absence of a booster dose, "
6 months and 5 weeks
" after the previous injection, from December 15, the government spokesman said on Wednesday. Gabriel Attal.
"
On December 15, the health pass will be deactivated for people over 65, who took their second dose more than 6 months and 5 weeks ago and who have not recalled,
" said on Franceinfo the Secretary of State.
Gabriel Attal also confirmed that people with comorbidities, who are also encouraged to make a recall after six months, are not affected by the deactivation of the health pass for "
legal and technical reasons
". For "
people who suffer from obesity or cardiovascular disease
", the past "
knows your age but he does not know your pathologies,
" he explained. "
But it is very important that these people who are more fragile vis-à-vis the serious forms than the others do their vaccination booster
", added Gabriel Attal.
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Darmanin calls for "
more control
" of the health pass
Gérald Darmanin announced on Wednesday that he had, on the instruction of Emmanuel Macron, asked the prefects to tighten the controls of the health pass, the number of which has halved in recent weeks, while the Covid-19 epidemic is experiencing a rebound.
"
The President of the Republic, given the increase in the incidence rate, winter is coming, the virus is circulating more, asked me to ask the prefects, the police and the gendarmes to control more, as before
", detailed the Ministry of the Interior, on Europe 1. “
In September we had roughly 50,000 people who were checked every week and about 8,000 establishments.
If I look at the numbers from last week, it was about half,
”he said.
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Vaccine: Macron once again boosts appointments
Appointments for a booster dose of anti-Covid vaccine jumped in the wake of Emmanuel Macron's speech on Tuesday evening, with nearly 150,000 slots reserved during the day on the Doctolib platform alone. "
The Macron effect
" struck again: "
yesterday 149,000 French people made an appointment for a Covid vaccine booster on Doctolib
", announced Wednesday morning the main site for making medical appointments in the country.
Proof that the Head of State is the cause of this influx, 100,000 of these slots were reserved between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., either during or just after his speech.
President Emmanuel Macron's televised address was followed by 20.9 million viewers on all the channels which broadcast it, according to figures from Médiamétrie.
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new weapon against the Covid
"
Case explosion in Belgium
With 8,000 new infections per day on average, Belgium is back to a rate of spread of the virus that had not been reached for a year.
Hospitalizations follow the same trend: there are 2,000 Covid patients in Belgian hospitals, a level that the country has not seen since May.
The Belgian authorities therefore once again strongly encourage teleworking and the wearing of masks in all public spaces.
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Germany: the Pfizer vaccine for those under 30
The German Vaccine Commission (STIKO) recommended on Wednesday to vaccinate those under 30 with the only vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech, facing the risk of myocarditis for this population caused by Moderna.
This recommendation also applies to pregnant women.
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Valneva secures EU contract for up to 60 million doses
The Franco-Austrian laboratory Valneva and the European Commission announced on Wednesday that they had reached an agreement for up to 60 million doses of vaccine against Covid-19 by 2023.
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Rally without distancing: three arrests in China
Chinese police have ordered the pre-trial detention of three people, presented as the organizers of a giant-screen broadcast of the League of Legends global video game final, the official press reported.
The esports competition, held on Saturday in Reykjavik (Iceland), was broadcast in a crowded district of Wuhan (center), attracting at least 2,000 people according to Chinese media.
This massive rally had been organized without authorization and without distancing.
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Lions test positive in Singapore
Four lions from a Singapore wildlife park have tested positive for coronavirus after being infected by staff and have symptoms like coughing and sneezing, authorities said on Wednesday.
The Southeast Asian city-state is facing its worst wave of contamination since the start of the pandemic with some 2,000 to 3,000 new cases per day and a few deaths.
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More than five million deaths worldwide
The pandemic has killed more than 5,062,911 people worldwide since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP.
The United States is the country with the most deaths (757,409), ahead of Brazil (609,756), India (461,849), Mexico (290,110) and Russia (250,454).
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.
