The number of Covid-19 patients close to the record in the United Kingdom, more than 3,000 classes closed in France, Australia is introducing a fourth dose for those over 65...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Friday, March 25 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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More than 3000 classes closed
On Friday, the Ministry of National Education reported 3,080 classes closed due to Covid in France, against 3,184 a week earlier, a figure slightly down, when the cases of Covid are increasing.
The ministry lists 81,424 students with confirmed Covid cases against 52,669 students last week.
On the personal side, the number of cases is also increasing: 10,201 this week against 6,199 last week.
“We know that these figures are not good because in the field, the number of positive Covid cases has only been increasing for a week among students and teachers, here we go again”,
worries Guislaine .
David, the general secretary of SNUipp-FSU, the first primary school union.
And who says case of Covid in the class says recommended return of the mask.
“We then find ourselves with students who wear it again and others who don't.
Some children don't understand anything anymore
,” says Stéphane Crochet, secretary general of SE-Unsa.
School principals, very exposed since the start of the health crisis, are again in a
“delicate position”
where they must
“skillfully”
encourage families to put the mask back on in the event of a positive case in a class, raises Olivier Flippo , at the head of an elementary school in Cergy (Val-d'Oise).
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United Kingdom: the number of Covid-19 patients close to the record
The number of people infected with Covid-19 in the United Kingdom, where most restrictions have been lifted, is close to its record in relative indifference, according to estimates published on Friday.
Based on a representative sample of the population, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that 4.26 million people were infected with the virus last week compared to 4.3 million in the first week of the year, the maximum since the start of the pandemic, for a population of 67 million.
Highlighting the role of the even more contagious Omicron sub-variant BA.2 in the sharp upturn in the epidemic, the ONS estimates that one in 16 people in England had the virus.
The proportion is the same for Wales, while the ratio is 1 in 17 in Northern Ireland and 1 in 11 in Scotland.
The United Kingdom is among the European countries which, in the eyes of the World Health Organization, have lifted their measures
“too abruptly”
to combat the spread of the virus and find themselves faced with a sharp rise in cases under the effect of the sub-variant BA.2.
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Australia introduces fourth dose for over-65s
Health Minister Greg Hunt said the extra dose would be available from April 4 for people who received a third dose at least four months previously.
The booster dose
“is your best protection against the most serious effects of Covid and can protect you against”
the long-term effects of the coronavirus, he stressed.
This will be primarily aimed at vulnerable groups: people over 65, indigenous people over 50, immunocompromised people and residents of retirement homes.
Australia has recorded more than 50,000 daily cases in recent days, about double the number of cases recorded a month earlier attributed in part to the rise of a more contagious variant of Omicron.
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Iata general assembly in Qatar rather than China, due to health restrictions
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) announced on Friday that its next general assembly in June would take place in Qatar rather than China, due to travel restrictions linked to the Covid-19 epidemic in this country.
"We are deeply disappointed not to be able to meet in Shanghai as originally planned
," Iata Director General Willie Walsh said in a statement.
Decision to change location
'reflects ongoing travel restrictions to China related to Covid-19'
, developed the organization.
Iata brings together some 290 companies representing 83% of global air traffic.
At its previous general assembly, in October 2021 in Boston (United States), it adopted the objective of “carbon neutrality” for its members by 2050.