The psychological health of degraded employees in France, the pandemic far from over according to the WHO, Austria which is suspending compulsory vaccination...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Wednesday, March 9 on the latest information related to the pandemic of Covid-19.
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"This pandemic is far from over," warns WHO
“This pandemic is far from over,”
warned the head of the WHO on Wednesday, almost two years to the day after uttering the word that made the whole world realize the seriousness of the health crisis caused by the Covid-19.
“This Friday will mark two years since we said that the Covid-19 spreading around the world could be qualified as a pandemic”
, recalled doctor Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, during a press briefing in Geneva, still virtual. .
He did not fail to recall that six weeks earlier,
"when there were only 100 cases recorded outside of China and no deaths"
, he had triggered the highest level of health alert in the country. WHO - a public health emergency of international concern.
But this qualification had not struck the spirits and the organization was later criticized for having taken too long to take the measure of the disaster to come.
"Two years later, more than 6 million people have died
," he said.
Read also“This pandemic is far from over” warns the WHO
The psychological health of employees “very degraded” in France
After two years of crisis, the psychological health of employees
“remains very degraded”
, with a burn-out still
“extremely high”
and
“pandemic fatigue”
, according to a survey carried out by OpinionWay for the firm Empreinte Humaine and published on Wednesday.
According to this survey, 41% of employees questioned say they are in
"psychological distress"
, including 13% in high distress.
Women and young people under 29 are more affected.
More than a third (34%) of employees are affected by burnout, 13% of them severely, i.e. 2.5 million people.
Read alsoMore than one in two young people victim of “psychological distress” in the workplace
»
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Austria suspends vaccination obligation
The Austrian government announced on Wednesday the suspension of the law on compulsory vaccination against Covid-19, in the face of the lesser danger of the Omicron variant.
The law entered into force on February 5, a measure unprecedented in the European Union and which had aroused strong opposition from part of the population of 8.9 million inhabitants.
The checks were to begin in mid-March, with penalties ranging from 600 to 3,600 euros.
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'Scandalously unfair' vaccination
The distribution of vaccines on the planet remains
"scandalously inequitable"
, said Wednesday the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres.
“Manufacturers produce 1.5 billion doses per month, but nearly three billion people are still waiting for their first vaccine”
, he protested, referring to a
“failure”
due to
“political and budgetary decisions which give prioritizing the health of people in rich countries over the health of people in poor countries”.
This is a
“recipe for more variants, more confinements and more grief and sacrifice in each country”
, he estimated.
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Hong Kong backs down on massive screening
Hong Kong's leader backed down on Wednesday saying mass screening for Covid-19 is not a priority, after explaining in February that her more than 7.3 million people would have to undergo three mandatory tests to end the wave. deadliest coronavirus outbreak for the city since the start of the pandemic.
Hong Kong, which had recorded 12,000 cases of Covid in two years of the pandemic, has risen to more than 500,000 cases since the start of the Omicron wave in January.
Uncertainty over mixed messages from the government had prompted a rush for supermarket shelves as thousands of foreign residents fled the city.
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Rugby: two cases of Covid within the XV of France
The Covid-19, which had so far rather preserved the XV of France, turned the group upside down which will fly to Cardiff to play the fourth match of the Six Nations Tournament: Penaud and Taofifenua, positive, are absent.
“Damian Penaud and Romain Taofifenua will not be traveling following positive tests this morning.
We had been rather spared until then but that's how it is.
We have the resources to face Wales”
, explained Raphaël Ibanez, during a press conference Wednesday in Marcoussis.
The manager has not ruled out other players testing positive between now and Friday night's game in Cardiff.
“We are preparing for it: we are awaiting information from the Six Nations Committee to find out if and when we will be retested”
, said coach Fabien Galthié.
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More than 6 million dead
The pandemic has officially killed at least 6,011,769 people worldwide since the end of December 2019, out of more than 447 million confirmed contaminations, according to a report established by AFP on Wednesday at 11 a.m. GMT.
The United States is the country with the most deaths (961,935), ahead of Brazil (652,829) and India (515,355).
But compared to the population, the countries where the epidemic has caused the most damage are Peru with 641 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, Bulgaria (517) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (475).
The World Health Organization (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 officially established.