The government is putting an end to hopes for the reintegration of unvaccinated caregivers, the 7th wave which is in ebb in France, the WHO which is negotiating a new international agreement on the management of pandemics...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Friday, July 22 on the latest information related to Covid-19.
Government opposes the return of unvaccinated caregivers
Stoppage on the return of caregivers not vaccinated against Covid.
As the debate gathered momentum, the government decided on Friday that they would not be reinstated, following a negative opinion from the High Health Authority.
"The Academy of Medicine, the Scientific Council and the High Authority for Health have a convergent opinion (...) it is negative"
and
"we follow the advice of scientists",
announced the Minister of Health François Braun, during a trip to Seine-et-Marne.
“They will not be reinstated”
, he then confirmed on Cnews.
The Minister specified that he would bring together
“from the beginning of next week the trade union organizations to explain the situation to them”
,
“see how we plan to get out of it maybe in a few months”.
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The 7th wave in ebb in France but still at a high level
After six straight weeks of increase,
“the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 decreased throughout the territory”
the week of July 11 to 17,
“however still at a very high level”
, with around 90,000 new cases daily, according to the weekly point of Public Health France.
In hospitals, the decline is also evident, but new admissions (over 7,900) and new admissions to critical care (around 740) have remained at high levels, especially for the over 70s.
On the death side, they continued to increase in the hospital, with 590 the past week.
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For five months, 25,000 people have died from Covid, but these deaths "
have passed into a form of oblivion"
, noted Jean-François Delfraissy on Thursday during the Scientific Council's final press briefing.
If he judged that
"we are quite reassured now"
about the continuation of the current wave, he warned that
"the population movements linked to the holidays"
could cause
"a fairly strong tension"
at the hospital in the areas .
resorts where the workforce is
“not fully adapted”
.
The current wave is carried by sub-variants of Omicron, notably BA.5, which is now the majority.
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Biden's health 'has improved' since testing positive for Covid
The state of health of US President Joe Biden has improved since his positive Covid test on Thursday, his personal doctor announced on Friday in a letter released by the White House.
"His symptoms have improved
," wrote Dr. Kevin O'Connor, adding that the 79-year-old leader had a very small fever, at 37.4 degrees, Thursday evening.
Joe Biden continues to experience fatigue, a runny nose and an occasional cough, the doctor said.
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Covid long: 4% of French adults say they are affected, according to a first estimate
About 4% of adult French people and 30% of those who have been infected with Covid say they suffer from long-term Covid disorders, according to an initial estimate published Friday by Public Health France, which expects to have more robust data in a few months.
"To estimate the prevalence and burden of this syndrome"
, the health agency conducted a first study, via an online survey, from March 22 to April 8, with a representative sample of 27,537 people.
Some 4% said they were affected by post-Covid-19 symptoms and, if we focus on people who had a
“probable or confirmed infection”
at least three months ago, this proportion rises to 30%.
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But the category in question does not include people infected without having had significant symptoms or positive tests.
If we extrapolate these results to the scale of the French population at the time of the study, the long Covid would thus concern more than two million people over the age of 18.
However,
“these results should be taken with caution, because they are based on a panel of volunteers”
, noted epidemiologist Laure Carcaillon during a virtual press conference by Santé Publique France.
A second study, on a random sample in the general population, should provide
“more robust” estimates.
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Elisabeth Borne received her 2nd booster dose
Elisabeth Borne received her second booster dose of the Covid vaccine on Friday morning in a nursing office in Paris.
"Like 4 million French people, I have just had my second booster dose"
of a vaccine which
"protects against severe forms and strengthens the immune defenses"
against Covid-19, argued the 61-year-old Prime Minister. .
“With the summer there are a lot of people who go to meet the grandchildren or family.
It's really important to do this second booster dose, it allows you to spend a serene summer
, ”she added.
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By her age, the head of government is part of the public concerned by this recall, for the time being open to all people over 60, to pregnant women but also to people under 60 "at risk" or living in the entourage of fragile people.
“The epidemic is falling again in this seventh wave, but (…) we still have an increase in people hospitalized, in intensive care and even deaths.
The epidemic is not behind us”
, underlined Élisabeth Borne, inviting
“all those for whom this second dose is recommended to be vaccinated”.
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WHO: New international pandemic agreement will be legally binding
Countries meeting in Geneva to negotiate a new international agreement on pandemic management decided on Thursday that it would be legally binding, the World Health Organization said.
The members of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (IBO), responsible for negotiating this agreement,
"have decided, by consensus, that they will work on a new international agreement on pandemics which will be legally binding"
, declared the WHO in a statement.
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"As with all international instruments, any new agreement, if approved by the Member States, is drafted and negotiated by the governments themselves, which will then put in place all the measures respectful of their sovereignty"
, specifies the organization.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the decision.
“The importance of a legally binding instrument cannot be overstated: it will be part of our collective legacy for future generations
,” he said.