Hospitalizations which will continue to climb in France, the bar of three million tests in one week again crossed, Hong Kong which is suspending flight bans...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Thursday, July 07 on the latest information related to Covid -19.
Hospitalizations will rise further in the coming days in France
Hospitalizations linked to Covid will further increase
“in the coming days”
, according to new projections published Thursday by researchers from the Institut Pasteur.
"At the national level and in metropolitan areas"
, these projections, updated for the first time in several weeks, anticipate
"an increase in hospital admissions in the coming days".
The projections, which date from Tuesday and which go until July 18, count on some 1,700 daily admissions to the hospital by this horizon, against around a thousand these days.
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In critical care, admissions would climb to around 160 per day, where they are currently around 100.
In certain regions such as Ile-de-France, the team of Simon Cauchemez, modeler at the Institut Pasteur and member of the scientific council, however notes
“a slowdown in the growth of hospitalizations and the number of cases”.
“This type of slowdown may be a precursor indicator of the peak of the epidemic, the date of which nevertheless remains uncertain”
, according to the Pasteur researchers.
Their analysis model has certain limitations, however, they point out.
Not only "the 14-day projections risk being overestimated in regions where there is a change in dynamics (possible arrival of an epidemic peak)", but
"the model arguably overestimates the dynamics of critical care admissions."
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The bar of 3 million tests in one week
“again crossed”
With more than 3 million PCR and antigen tests validated between June 27 and July 3 against just over 2.1 million the previous week, the statistics department (Drees) observes in a press release published Thursday
"a sharp increase" .
Falling to just over a million at the end of May, the number of tests has continued to rise since then, a little more markedly each week.
If the number of tests is on
the rise “for all age groups”
(+41%), it is even more marked among 16-25 year olds (+58%).
This increase in tests follows the strong rebound in the epidemic at the start of the summer, driven by sub-variants of Omicron.
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Hong Kong suspends flight bans
Hong Kong's new government announced on Thursday the suspension of flight bans on airlines disembarking passengers positive for Covid-19, deeming this measure
"not very effective"
.
Until now, any airline that landed at least five Covid-19 positive passengers was fined the first time, and five days banned from flying to Hong Kong the next time.
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This so-called
“circuit
breaker” mechanism , invented a year ago by the previous government of Carrie Lam as part of the “zero Covid” policy in force in Hong Kong, was lightened last April: the flight ban previously was two weeks.
The new Hong Kong government led by John Lee announced Thursday the suspension of the device in order
"to obtain the best results in the fight against the pandemic with the least cost for society".
