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Covid-19: the hypothesis of a fourth dose under study in France

2022-01-11T16:46:49.514Z


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


A record of more than 350,000 cases in 24 hours, the hypothesis of a fourth dose under study, more than 5.49 million deaths worldwide ...

Le Figaro

takes stock this Tuesday, January 11 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Olivier Véran announces a record of more than 350,000 cases in 24 hours

The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday a record of more than 350,000 new Covid-19 contaminations in the past 24 hours, before the Senate.

"

I spoke of a tidal wave, the term seems to me to match the number of contaminations

," added Olivier Véran.

It will be another 350,000 contaminations that will be published this evening, or even a little more.

We had never seen such figures since the start of the health crisis

, ”he told senators.

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The vaccine pass in the hands of senators who demand "

adjustments

"

Faced with a variant "

extremely virulent

" according to the government and record contamination with Covid-19, the Senate dominated by the right seized in turn on Tuesday the bill establishing the vaccine pass, which it should vote in first reading at the cost of "

adjustments

".

Read alsoVaccination pass: the main points of the text adopted by the National Assembly

"

The solid majority which will vote it will be vigilant on a certain number of conditions, in particular the defense of freedoms, the limitation in time and always control of the Parliament

", explained the president LR Gérard Larcher in the morning on France Inter.

He admitted that about twenty senators from his party will not support the vaccination pass.

"SEE ALSO - Covid-19:"

It's because we find a lot that we test a lot

", says Olivier Véran

Sluggish start to childhood vaccination in France

Between the difficulty of getting an appointment and the reluctance of many parents, the vaccination of children in France has started sluggishly: if the health authorities hope for an acceleration, some wonder if the timing is really right.

First open in mid-December to children aged 5-11 years likely to develop severe forms of Covid-19, the vaccination was extended a few days later to all children of this age group.

This starts "

slowly

", recognized Friday Alain Fischer, the "

Mr. vaccine

" of the government.

As of January 9, 115,000 children in this age group had received a first injection, or 2%, the health ministry said on Tuesday.

According to a survey commissioned in particular by Inserm, two-thirds of parents (67%) of children aged 5 to 11 are against their vaccination.

Alain Fischer conceded that to accelerate the vaccination of the youngest, it would be necessary to "

do education

".

He also regretted that following a request from the Council of State, the agreement of both parents, and no longer just one, is now necessary, seeing it as "

an obstacle

".

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Vaccines: the hypothesis of a fourth dose under study in France

French scientific authorities are studying the hypothesis of a fourth dose of anti-Covid vaccine for the elderly, even if this question is for the time being “

premature

”, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. "

The COSV

(Guidance Council of the vaccine strategy, editor's note)

must give an opinion on this subject and we have also seized the High Authority of Health (HAS) on the question of the fourth dose

", indicated the ministry during 'a point with journalists.

These organizations “

will tell us what to

do” for the elderly or at risk whose previous dose dates back to the opening of the booster shots last September.

Asked whether, in the long term, a fourth dose could be necessary to extend the vaccination pass, the ministry replied: "

The fourth dose, it is still under discussion, it is still too premature to comment on the subject.

".

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Fighting the pandemic with booster doses is not a viable strategy, says WHO

Fighting the Covid-19 pandemic with booster doses of current vaccines is not a viable strategy, experts from the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday, also calling for vaccines that better prevent transmission. "

A vaccination strategy based on repeated booster

shots" of the first vaccines "

is unlikely to be appropriate or viable

," said in a press release this group of experts in charge of supervising vaccines against the coronavirus.

Also, these specialists consider "

that vaccines against Covid-19 having a high impact in terms of transmission and prevention of infection, in addition to preventing serious forms of disease and death, are necessary and must be developed

".

"

While waiting for such vaccines to become available, and as the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolves, it may be necessary to update the composition of current anti-Covid vaccines, in order to ensure that (they) continue to provide the WHO recommended levels of protection against infection and disease

"caused by variants, including Omicron, the expert panel believes.

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More than half of Europeans could be infected with the Omicron variant within two months, WHO estimates

More than half of Europeans could be affected by the Omicron variant within two months in view of the current "

tidal wave

", estimated Tuesday the World Health Organization (WHO), two years after the announcement of the first death officially linked to the coronavirus in China. This rapid transmission of Omicron, including people previously infected or vaccinated, has led to an increase in hospitalizations, but the death rate remains stable, said the director of WHO Europe, Hans Kluge.

»SEE ALSO - More than half of Europeans affected by Omicron within 2 months, according to WHO

Omicron Could Cause Worst Case For Global Growth, World Bank Says

Global growth will slow this year and a worst-case scenario is not ruled out under the effect of the Omicron variant, which is spreading like wildfire on all continents, accentuating labor shortages and logistical problems, a warned the World Bank on Tuesday.

The institution revised its forecast for global GDP growth for 2022 down by 0.2 point, to 4.1%, after 5.5% in 2021, also down 0.2 point compared to the estimate. last June.

But, according to different hypotheses, "

the simultaneous economic disruption caused by Omicron could further reduce global growth this year, by 0.2 to 0.7 percentage point

," the institution said, which would bring growth to 3, 9% or even 3.4%.

In this worst-case scenario, "

most of the shock would be felt in the first quarter of 2022, followed by a notable rebound in the second quarter

," she said.

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A third city confined to China

The city of Anyang, which has 5 million inhabitants in central China, has in turn been placed in quarantine after the emergence of cases of Covid, notably of the Omicron strain.

It is the third city in the country to have to confine its population, after a similar measure taken last month in the metropolis of Xi'an (north).

»SEE ALSO - Covid-19: the Chinese city of Tianjin organizes massive screenings to stop the spread of the virus

A "

garden party

" in full confinement plunges Boris Johnson back into turmoil

A hundred people invited into full confinement: revelations about a party in Downing Street plunge back into turmoil British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, already mired in a series of scandals.

Bring your bottles

,” suggested an email, revealed by ITV News and sent by Boris Johnson's chief private secretary, Martin Reynolds, on May 20, 2020, when the British could only legally meet one person outside.

The message invited to "

take advantage of the good weather

" during a drink "

with social distancing

" in the gardens of the residence of the Prime Minister.

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Poland crosses 100,000 deaths

More than 100,000 people have died from Covid-19 in Poland since the start of the pandemic, the government announced on Tuesday.

This country, where only some 63% of adults are fully immunized, has the sixth highest death rate in the world.

»SEE ALSO - Why 2022 could be the year of the end of the Covid

Bulgarian leaders in quarantine

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and a dozen senior officials were placed in isolation on Tuesday after attending a meeting with the head of parliament, who tested positive.

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More than 5.49 million deaths worldwide

The pandemic has killed 5,494,101 worldwide since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP.

In absolute terms, the United States is the most bereaved country with 839,500 dead, followed by Brazil (620,091), India (484,213) and Russia (317,687).

Among the hardest hit countries, Peru is the one with the highest death toll relative to its population, followed by Bosnia and Hungary.

However, the World Health Organization 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 officially recorded.

Source: lefigaro

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