Clément Beaune who reiterates the call for wearing a mask in transport, a sharp rise in cases of reinfections in France, the leader of the British opposition exonerated after an investigation for breach of anti-Covid restrictions...
Le Figaro
takes stock
this Friday, July 08 on the latest information related to Covid-19.
The Nice decree imposing the return of the mask in transport suspended by justice
Justice suspended this Friday the decree taken by the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, again imposing the wearing of a mask in transport.
"
I took my decree with other mayors of the metropolis, I am thinking of that of Cagnes-sur-Mer and Saint Laurent, so that, in metropolitan transport, everyone wears the mask in a compulsory way
", had announced the mayor on RTL.
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Sharp increase in cases of reinfections
The number of Covid-19 reinfections has increased significantly recently, Public Health France said on Friday in its weekly update.
According to the latest data available as of June 12, 12% of confirmed cases of Covid-19 were possible cases of reinfection.
Between March 2, 2021 and June 12, 2022, possible reinfections accounted for 4.1% of all confirmed Covid-19 cases.
Public Health France defines a reinfection as a new infection (detected by a positive test) that has occurred at least 60 days after a primary infection that has occurred since March 2021.
“The increase has been continuous since the arrival of the Omicron wave”
, commented Vincent Auvigne, epidemiologist from Public Health France, during a press briefing.
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The vast majority (93.5%) of cases of reinfection that have occurred since March 2021 were indeed
“suspected Omicron variants”.
Despite a high number of re-infections with an Omicron sub-variant after a first infection with another Omicron sub-variant (44% of cases),
"the probability that a re-infection will currently occur after a first infection with a other variant (Alpha, Delta or other)”
“remains significantly higher”,
underlines the agency.
In addition, “
the further the first contamination is in time, the more the probability of reinfection will increase”
, he specified.
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Beaune reiterates the call for wearing a mask in transport
Minister Delegate for Transport Clément Beaune reiterated on Friday the call for wearing a mask in transport when going on vacation, while ensuring that it was not an obligation.
“I invite everyone to do so.
We do not need to put a national obligation, we simply need to encourage (…) to wear the mask”
, underlined the minister on BFMTV / RMC.
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"So a very clear call for responsibility, this weekend of major vacation departures, especially in stations, in airports, obviously in trains and planes themselves, to wear the mask"
, he said. added.
The French are
“all at the same time more used to and tired of this epidemic and these successive waves.
We are not at all in the situation that we have known in previous summers, ”
he recalled.
The head of government Élisabeth Borne had already called for vigilance on Wednesday as the epidemic starts again.
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Breach of anti-Covid rules: British opposition leader exonerated
British opposition leader Keir Starmer has been exonerated after an investigation into breaching anti-Covid restrictions, police said on Friday, believing no rules were broken at a campaign rally in April 2021. Police
"will not issue fines for this gathering and no further prosecution will be undertaken
," Durham police said in a statement.
The Labor leader had pledged to resign if he was punished for having shared beers and curry with a team from his party during a campaign rally for a partial legislative election.
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Labor deputy leader Angela Rayner, also under investigation, was also exonerated.
Indoor gatherings were prohibited, but Keir Starmer explained that he had ordered curry and beers for the team that met that evening in party premises, the only alternative according to him to closed restaurants.
"I always said no rules were broken when I was at Durham
," he said at a press conference.
"The police have completed their investigation and agree: there is nothing to follow up."
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Philippines: new President Marcos positive for Covid-19
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has tested positive for Covid-19, his spokesperson announced on Friday, two days after a face-to-face meeting in Manila with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
The president, who took office on June 30, is suffering from a
"mild fever"
, will isolate himself for a week and has canceled all his appointments, said his press secretary, Trixie Cruz-Angeles.
It is unclear when Ferdinand Marcos tested positive, but photos posted on his Facebook page on Thursday show him meeting with several people at the presidential palace, without wearing a mask.
On Wednesday, neither he nor Wang Yi were masked during their interview, according to these photos.