The tests are back below the four million mark in France, Pfizer will very soon request authorization for a booster vaccine for 5-11 year olds, a group of radicalized "
antivax
" was planning attacks in Germany...
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makes the point
update this Thursday, April 14 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Tests drop below 4 million in France
After four consecutive weeks of an increase in the number of Covid-19 screening tests, the trend is reversing and the weekly number of screenings has dropped below 4 million, according to figures published Thursday by the Ministry of Health.
Between April 4 and April 10, less than 3.8 million RT-PCR and antigen tests were validated, against more than 4 million the previous week, marking a drop of 6%, specifies the Directorate of Statistics (Drees) in a statement.
This slight decrease "
concerns all age groups but is clearer for those under 26
", is concomitant with that of contamination
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Contaminations are marking time in France, but hospitalizations continue to recover
The average number of infections over the past seven days stood at 131,369 on Wednesday, compared with 134,991 a week ago.
The contaminations thus seem to have stalled for a few days.
However, hospitalizations linked to Covid-19 continue their recovery that began in early April, approaching 25,000 patients, according to official figures published on Wednesday.
There are currently 24,778 patients infected with Covid in French hospitals, compared to 24,693 the day before and 23,014 a week ago, confirming a clear upward trend.
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Pfizer will very soon request authorization for the booster vaccine in 5-11 year olds
The Pfizer-BioNTech alliance announced positive results on Thursday for its clinical trials for a booster of its anti-Covid vaccine in children aged 5 to 11, and said it plans to file an application for authorization “
in the coming days
. in the United States, then elsewhere in the world.
The trials notably analyzed the blood of children who received this booster dose about six months after the second.
After injection, levels of neutralizing antibodies against the Omicron variant increased 36-fold compared to levels seen after the second dose.
Omicron is now the dominant variant in the world.
The two initial doses for children aged 5 to 11 have been authorized by the United States Medicines Agency (FDA) since the end of October.
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UK authorizes vaccine from Franco-Austrian laboratory Valneva
Valneva's Covid-19 vaccine was approved by Britain's medicines and health products regulator, the MHRA, on Thursday, reassuring news for the Franco-Austrian laboratory after the termination of its contract with the British government.
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Valneva had already received authorization for the emergency use of its VLA2001 vaccine in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which bought one million doses from it.
His serum is being reviewed by the European regulator.
It is the sixth coronavirus vaccine to be authorized in the UK, joining those from AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna, the single-dose Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), and Novavax.
Based on an inactivated virus, Valneva's vaccine uses classic technology, which could tempt patients reluctant to new processes such as the use of messenger RNA.
“
This authorization could pave the way for the availability of an alternative vaccine solution for the British population
,” reacted Thomas Lingelbach, chairman of the management board of Valneva, quoted in a press release.
It "
could also lead to new marketing authorizations in other regions of the world
", he added.
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as soon as we are in an endemic phase
"
Germany: a group of radicalized “
antivax
” planned attacks
German justice announced on Thursday that it had foiled plans for far-right attacks, fomented by a radicalized fringe of the antivax movement, which supported Russian President Putin and wanted to attack "
the democratic order
".
Four people were arrested after a crackdown in a messaging network called "
United Patriots
", which aimed to destroy "
the German democratic system
", announced the Koblenz prosecutor's office and the Rhineland police. Palatinate in a statement.
The network organized on the Telegram platform was also considering kidnappings of public figures, including the Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach, a supporter of restrictions against Covid-19.
He said he was "
shattered
" upon hearing the news.
