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Covid-19: EMA recommends authorization of AstraZeneca preventive treatment for over 12s

2022-03-24T17:04:23.896Z


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


Rebound in tests in France, Pécresse positive for Covid, Poland which lifts its restrictions ...

Le Figaro

takes stock this Thursday, March 24 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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The rebound in tests is confirmed

The number of Covid-19 screening tests has increased for the second consecutive week, according to figures released Thursday by the Ministry of Health.

The recovery is clear: between March 14 and 20, nearly 3 million antigen and PCR tests were carried out, against just over 2.5 million the previous week, specifies the Directorate of Statistics (Drees) in a press release .

After two months of decline from January to early March, the increase concerns all age groups, with a slightly more marked increase among those under 16 years old.

This renewed demand comes at a time when the epidemic is picking up again: the average number of positive cases has doubled in three weeks, from 52,000 at the start of March to 104,000 on Wednesday.

A level which nevertheless remains bearable for laboratories, where the arsenal of tests has remained unchanged since the start of the Omicron wave in November.

»SEE ALSO – Covid-19: is it reasonable to lift the vaccination pass?

EMA recommends authorization of AstraZeneca's preventive treatment Evusheld for those over 12

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Thursday it had recommended the marketing for people over 12 of AstraZeneca's preventive treatment Evusheld, intended for people who lack antibodies and whose bodies are resistant to vaccination. .

The European regulator

“recommended granting marketing authorization for Evusheld, developed by AstraZeneca AB, for the prevention of Covid-19 in adults and adolescents from 12 years of age weighing at least 40 kg before exposure potential”

to the virus, the EMA said in a statement.

Read alsoAstraZeneca wants to make its anti-Covid vaccine profitable

Valérie Pécresse tested positive for Covid

“Tested positive for Covid, I am continuing the campaign remotely and in compliance with health rules.

All our meetings are maintained thanks to the mobilization of the team

, ”said LR presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse.

Valérie Pécresse, who tested positive on Thursday afternoon, was to go to Bordeaux on Friday but

"the meeting will be hosted by someone else"

, it was said in her entourage, without giving more details.

His trip to the Bouches-du-Rhône on Saturday

"is canceled"

, it was added.

The candidate LR had presented Thursday morning a draft reform of the Constitution to

"restore order"

.

She had participated Wednesday evening in a television program with Marion Maréchal, Fabien Roussel and Adrien Quatennens.

»SEE ALSO –

Politics: who is Valérie Pécresse really?

The founders of the IHU Marseille opposed to a conference with antivax between their walls

The six founding members of the IHU Méditerranée Infection on Thursday asked the management of the institute, directed by Pr Didier Raoult, to relocate a symposium on Covid-19 scheduled for the end of March between its walls with personalities known for their positions. anti-vaccine.

In a joint press release, the Armed Forces Health Service, Aix-Marseille University, the Research Institute for Development, the French Blood Establishment, the Marseille Hospitals Public Assistance and Inserm explain

“that “they have not been consulted and are in no way associated”

with this meeting announced for March 30 and 31.

To read also Should we be worried about the “French variant” highlighted by Didier Raoult’s IHU?

For two days, the congress organized by the Réinfo Covid collective founded by the Marseille anesthetist Louis Fouché and entitled

"Covid-19: first assessment of scientific knowledge and controversies"

provides for the intervention of around twenty personalities, some of whom are noted for their position against the current of the scientific community on the epidemic.

"The founding members are attached to freedom of expression and no breach of the requirement of rigor and excellence (...) can not be tolerated",

underlined in their press release the founding members of the IHU, explaining

“that they will not allow the reputation of their respective establishments and teams to be called into question either”.

Read alsoThe Marseille IHU is looking for a candidate “with an impeccable reputation” to replace Didier Raoult

Poland removes mask and abandons quarantine

Wearing a mask, as well as quarantine, will no longer be compulsory in Poland from March 28, given the drop in Covid-19 infections, the Minister of Health announced on Thursday.

“Both the international situation and the outlook and forecasts available to us are positive, that is to say, we expect that by the end of April we will have a significant reduction in infections and hospitalizations

,” he said. press Adam Niedzielski.

According to the new provisions, wearing a mask will only be compulsory in medical establishments or pharmacies.

However, the minister recommends wearing a mask during large gatherings.

Read alsoCovid-19: Poland passes 100,000 deaths

Source: lefigaro

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