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Covid-19: the peak of hospitalizations expected "at the end of December or January" in France

2021-11-22T17:11:20.194Z


UPDATE ON THE SITUATION - New measures, new reports and highlights: Le Figaro takes stock of the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic.


Explosive situation in Guadeloupe, Austria which is reconfiguring itself, Germany which is worried about the vaccination rate in the country ...

Le Figaro

takes stock this Monday, November 22 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic .

Read the Covid-19 file: all you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic in France and around the world

“Very explosive” situation in Guadeloupe

President Emmanuel Macron assured Guadeloupe on Monday, where the challenge to the vaccination obligation of caregivers has degenerated into a social crisis of magnitude, of the

"solidarity"

of the nation in the face of

"a very explosive situation"

and asked

"not to nothing to give in to lies and

political

manipulation ”

.

Police reinforcements from mainland participated in the dismantling of barricades, but the continued violence led the rectorate to suspend the reception of students in schools, colleges and high schools on Monday.

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In Guadeloupe, significant damage after demonstrations against the health pass

The peak of hospitalizations expected "at the end of December or January" in France

The number of patients having contracted the Covid hospitalized in critical care is

"relatively stable"

and the consequences on the 5th wave hospital,

"if it must occur",

are not expected before

"the end of December or January"

, declared Monday the director general of the Public Assistance-Hospitals of Paris Martin Hirsch.

“The hospital is in a difficult situation.

Today it's not Covid patients

, ”he said, citing flu or seasonal childhood illnesses, but understaffing and closed beds are increasing tensions.

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Elisabeth Borne calls on companies to "re-mobilize" on barrier gestures

The Minister of Labor, Élisabeth Borne, on Monday called on companies to

"re-mobilize"

on the respect of barrier gestures and in particular the wearing of a mask, to be able to face the 5th wave of Covid-19 by avoiding

"stronger constraints ".

"In business, we must re-mobilize on this respect for barrier gestures, put the mask back on in meetings, when we are in shared spaces ... It is very important at a time when we see that the epidemic is starting again"

, said declared the Minister during a visit to the headquarters of L'Oréal in Clichy (Hauts-de-Seine).

"It is important that everyone has in mind that it is not the vaccination OR the barrier gestures, but both"

, she insisted, also referring again to more targeted checks by the Labor Inspectorate on respect for protocol.

Asked about a possible tightening of the rules on teleworking if the situation deteriorates, she indicated that it was not possible

"to exclude in principle answers for the future".

Read alsoCovid-19: Élisabeth Borne calls on companies to "re-mobilize" on barrier gestures

Austria is reconfiguring itself in an electric climate

Austria has been officially confined since Monday, its 8.9 million inhabitants having, on paper, the ban on going out, except for shopping, sports or for medical care.

It is possible to go to the office and drop the children off at school, but the authorities have called for them to be kept at home.

On Saturday, around 40,000 people took to the streets in Vienna to cry out for

"dictatorship",

at the call of the far-right FPÖ party.

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Pressure for vaccination in Germany

The Germans will be

"vaccinated, cured or dead"

by the end of the winter because of the current surge in the number of contaminations, warned Monday the Minister of Health Jens Spahn. Referring to a

“very, very contagious”

Delta variant

, he called on the Germans to

“urgently”

get vaccinated, especially in the southern and eastern regions, as Germany is hit hard by a new wave of Covid-19 that experts attribute in particular to a vaccination rate (68%) among the lowest in Western Europe. Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Monday that the current restrictions in Germany were

"

no

longer sufficient"

in the face of the

"dramatic situation"

caused by the surge in Covid-19 infections, according to sources within his party.

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European regulator assesses the effectiveness of a booster with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Monday that it was evaluating a request from the Johnson & Johnson laboratory to allow a booster dose to be injected with the vaccine it designed against Covid-19 to people aged 18 or over in the EU.

If the EMA gives the green light, it will be the third vaccine - after those from Pfizer / BioNTech and Modern - to be able to be used in the EU for a booster in adults.

It will then be administered at least two months after the administration of the single dose of Janssen from Johnson & Johnson.

Read alsoCovid-19: the European regulator evaluates the effectiveness of a booster with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

The employers' union of the self-employed calls for better control of the health pass

Restaurateurs who do not control the health pass

"endanger" the

entire profession

"by exposing it to a general closure"

, rebelled Monday the president of the employers' union of independent hotel and catering, facing to a

"dazzling epidemic rebound"

of the Covid-19.

"Check and have the health pass of all your customers checked"

, Didier Chenet asked on Monday, claiming to have

"again this weekend, personally observed a relaxation"

of these controls, in a message to its members, at the end of a interview with the Minister for SMEs, Alain Griset, devoted in particular to the health situation.

"This time the defense of the profession does not depend on the government or your professional organizations but on you!"

, he pleaded, speaking of a

"serious situation".

Read alsoCovid-19: should the health pass be replaced by a vaccination pass?

Slovakia announces restrictions for the unvaccinated

Slovakia announced that it introduced restrictions on Monday for people not vaccinated against Covid-19, the central European country facing one of the highest incidence rates in the world.

"We have opted for strict containment of unvaccinated people, because we must protect them,"

Prime Minister Eduard Heger said on the public television channel RTVS.

Non-vaccinated people are therefore no longer allowed to enter non-essential businesses, even with a negative test for the coronavirus.

Eduard Heger also said he would propose to the government a compulsory vaccination plan for the elderly.

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Pfizer's vaccine remains "100%" effective in adolescents after 4 months

Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine in 12-15 year olds remains

"100%"

effective more than four months after the second injection, the company said on Monday, updated data that must support an upcoming full authorization request of the remedy for this age group.

The vaccine from the Pfizer-BioNTech alliance has currently been granted emergency use authorization for adolescents, since May in the United States.

The companies on Monday released updated information from their clinical trial involving more than 2,200 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15.

The participants have now been followed for at least four months after the second injection: 30 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded among adolescents who received the placebo, against no cases in the group who received the vaccine.

Either 100% effectiveness against symptomatic cases of the disease.

This data was collected between November 2020 and September 2021, Pfizer said in its press release.

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Auckland is about to deconfin

New Zealand will end the three-and-a-half-month lockdown in its largest city, Auckland in early December, adopting a new strategy to fight the coronavirus, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday.

The disease has only killed 40 people in a population of five million and the vaccination level is currently around 83%, but the pressure has increased with the Delta variant, leading the government to question its so

-

called

“zero-Covid” policy

with strict confinement.

»SEE ALSO -

Covid-19: vaccination, quarantine ... the plan to reopen the borders of New Zealand

Kenya launches health pass

Under new health regulations, Kenyans will have to prove that they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to gain access to public services, public transport and public places such as national parks, bars and restaurants. restaurants.

Kenya will require the presentation of vaccination certificates from December 21 and is planning a 10-day mass vaccination campaign from November 26, Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said in a statement on Sunday evening.

According to official figures, only 2.4 million people, or less than 9% of Kenya's adult population, have been vaccinated, while the government's target is 30 million by the end of next year. .

Read also In Kenya, the Covid caused an exodus from the saturated capital

More than 5.1 million dead

The novel coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 5,148,939 people worldwide since the end of 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources on Monday at 11:00 GMT.

The United States is the most affected country, with 771,118 deaths, ahead of Brazil (612,659), India (465,911), Mexico (292,471) and Russia (265,336).

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the global toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than that calculated from official figures .

Source: lefigaro

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