Rise in Covid cases in China, Slovakia which is launching the Novavax vaccine, the Secretary of State for Pensions positive for Covid...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Thursday, March 10 on the latest information related to the Covid- 19.
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Drop in the number of patients in the hospital, contaminations go up
According to figures released by health authorities on Thursday, the number of hospitalized patients with a Covid-19 diagnosis continues to decline.
They were 21,287 this Thursday against 21,509 the day before.
1122 people have been admitted in the last 24 hours.
The critical care services welcomed 1,928 patients with Covid against 1,962 the day before.
Public Health France deplored the death of 100 patients in French hospitals on Thursday.
But the number of contaminations has been going up for several days.
The latest data released Wednesday evening showed a number of new positive cases of 69,190 against 57,697 a week earlier.
The seven-day average, the most faithful witness to the real trend in recorded contaminations, stood at 56,251 cases against 53,152 on March 3.
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China: Covid cases at their highest in two years
China reported 402 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, nearly double the previous day, when the highly contagious Omicron strain now affects a third of the country's provinces.
These contaminations remain disproportionate to the balance sheets in the rest of the world, but they are for China at their highest level since March 2020. The country, where the coronavirus was initially detected at the end of 2019, observes a zero Covid policy, which made it possible to quickly contain the epidemic, but comes with a high social and economic cost.
The majority of new cases Thursday were recorded in the province of Jilin (northeast), bordering North Korea, as well as in the port city of Qingdao (east), which overlooks the Yellow Sea.
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Vaccination with Novavax started Thursday in Slovakia
Slovakia introduced the new Covid vaccine from Novavax on Thursday, which experts hope will appeal to skeptics because it is made using more conventional technology, the health ministry said.
The country of 5.4 million people has one of the lowest vaccination levels in the EU, with just 51% of Slovaks fully vaccinated.
"Vaccination with the new vaccine began Thursday in two hospitals, others will follow
," health ministry spokeswoman Zuzana Eliasova told AFP.
By Monday, Nuvaxovid should be available at 46 vaccination centers across the country, she said.
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The Secretary of State in charge of Pensions positive for Covid
“I tested positive for Covid-19. In accordance with the health protocol, I isolate myself immediately and for the necessary duration. I will carry out my activities remotely”
, tweeted Laurent Pietraszewski, while the delicate subject of pensions resurfaced with the proposal of candidate Emmanuel Macron to push back the retirement age to 65.
On Tuesday, the Minister of Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, also announced that he was positive for Covid, after spending ten days at the Agricultural Show.
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Rugby: no new tests for the Blues before facing Wales
The XV of France, despite two positive cases of Covid-19, will not be forced to carry out new tests before facing Wales, AFP learned on Thursday from concordant sources.
According to the health protocol put in place by the Six Nations committee, no test is necessary when there are less than five positive cases, explained one of these sources familiar with the matter to AFP.
The day before, winger Damian Penaud and second line Romain Taofifenua, who were both scheduled on the match sheet on Friday in Cardiff, had to forfeit after testing positive for Covid-19.
France, the last undefeated team in the 2022 Tournament, faces Wales on Friday in Cardiff (9:00 p.m.), on behalf of the 4th day.
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