COVID. While Olivier Véran believes that we must expect “a tidal wave” of contamination with the Omicron variant, 208,000 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded on Wednesday, December 29. Several cities including Paris have announced the return of the compulsory mask wearing in public spaces from December 31.
17:33 – New restrictive measures announced in Mayotte
In an attempt to stem the progression of the Omicron variant “now in the majority in Mayotte”, the prefect of the island announced on Thursday new restrictive measures which begin on Friday, December 31. Among these, the wearing of the compulsory mask in town, six people maximum per table in bars and restaurants and the ban on gatherings of more than six people. With a health situation which “continues to deteriorate”, the incidence rate is “alarming” and amounts to 163.9 per 100,000 inhabitants the week of December 21 to 27.
17:17 – Darmanin asks the prefects to strengthen the protection of elected officials
“In the context of the examination of the vaccine pass bill”, the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin asked the prefects to strengthen the protection of elected officials. To protect them, he asks for the integration of the homes and offices of elected officials targeted by insults and death threats in the police and gendarmerie patrols.
16:50 – A negative test will be sufficient for school trips
A negative Covid-19 test will suffice for young people aged 12 to 17 for school trips to places involving the possession of the future vaccine pass. A measure voted by the deputies meeting in committee of the Laws, Wednesday, December 29, to vote the transformation of the sanitary pass into vaccination pass.
16:28 – The health pass may be required at political meetings
Organizers of political meetings will be legally able to require participants to present a health pass. A measure voted by the deputies, Wednesday, December 29, with the approach of the presidential election in 2022. While several political parties have already announced that they will not apply gauges in their meetings, the minister of Health Olivier Véran indicated to be rather “favorable” to it.
16:03 – What tests are the most reliable for detecting Covid-19?
At a time when the Omicron variant raises fears of a “tidal wave” of contamination in France, PCR screening remains the most reliable. It is carried out in the laboratory or in a pharmacy with results within 12 to 24 hours. The antigen test is on average 20% less sensitive than the PCR but it is simpler and gives results in fifteen minutes at the pharmacy. Finally, the self-tests are on average 40% less efficient than the PCR but for around five euros, you can now buy them in supermarkets.
15:50 – The management of the AP-HP calls for the deprogramming of care
The management of the AP-HP to request a deprogramming of care, this Thursday. Caregivers must limit their activities “to care for which the vital prognosis is at stake.” The beds for patients in critical care are largely occupied by people with severe forms of Covid-19.
15:41 – More than a million infections on average per day in the world
The number of contaminations linked to Covid-19 continues to break records. The symbolic threshold of one million new daily cases was crossed for the first time in the week of December 23 to 29, according to an AFP count published on Thursday. More than 7.3 million new cases of Covid-19 have been detected worldwide in the past seven days, an average of 1,045,000 infections per day.
3:17 p.m. – 64,000 children aged 5 to 11 vaccinated against Covid-19
In an interview with HuffingtonPostOn Thursday, the Secretary of State for Child Protection, Adrien Taquet said that in total, “64,000 children have been vaccinated since the start of the campaign”. “We are in the period of the holidays, the celebrations, there is a rise in power and it will accelerate again at the start of the school year”, he adds before evoking a “direct individual benefit for children: this lessens their chances of catching this virus and contracting a serious form of it “as well as the reduction” of class closings, school closings, breaks in schooling “.
14:51 – Support for partial activity up to 100%
While the threshold for loss of turnover is currently set at 65% to benefit from the assumption of 100% of the partial activity, Élisabeth Borne indicated this Thursday, that “when one has restrictions on its activity , support is planned “. “The restrictions that will be imposed on consumption standing in bars can give rise to 100% coverage of the partial activity,” she added.
14:23 – Compulsory wearing of the compulsory mask in Loire-Atlantique
After Île-de-France, the Loire-Atlantique prefecture announced, this Thursday, December 30, that the compulsory wearing of a mask is compulsory in the streets of the region, from Friday, December 31 until Friday January 28, 2022. In the region, the incidence rate is 620 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants, an increase of 40% in seven days. Failure to comply with the compulsory wearing of a mask is punishable by a fine of 135 euros.
13:57 – 35,000 police officers have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic
According to a police source relayed by BFMTV, this Thursday, 35,000 police officers have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of the health crisis, out of a total of 147,000. This figure represents a quarter of the police force in France.
13:31 – Wearing a mask outside compulsory in Lyon and Villeurbanne
Wearing a mask outside will be made compulsory in Lyon and Villeurbanne from this Thursday midnight because of a health situation “extremely worrying”, announced the prefecture. In the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, the mask is also making a comeback “in all the built-up areas of the municipalities of the department”, until January 31, 2022. After Ile-de-France, several departments have announced the return of the mask outside.
13:09 – The health pass is not necessary for the partial at the university
“No vaccination pass to take the exams,” said Sarah El Haïry, Secretary of State for Youth and Engagement, on CNEWS, this Thursday, December 30. The Ministry of Higher Education assured that “exams can always be organized face-to-face” and asked universities to communicate to students that they must not appear if they are contact cases or infected with Covid-19 .
12:44 – Over 6.8 million drug tests performed last week
More than 6.8 million screening tests were carried out last week, a “new record”, according to figures released Thursday by the Ministry of Health. Among the people who have carried out a test, we find “mainly” 16-65 year olds. Christmas week was marked by a further 9% increase in the number of PCR and antigen tests, peaking at 1.55 million on December 23, says the Drees (Directorate of Research, Studies, evaluation and statistics) in a press release.
12:14 – A large part of Ile-de-France makes the mask mandatory outdoors
While the Paris police headquarters announced on Wednesday December 29 that the mask is once again mandatory outdoors in the capital from Friday December 31, other departments in the region have made the same decision. This is the case for the departments of Seine-Saint-Denis, Hauts-de-Seine and Val-de-Marne. The municipalities of Val-d’Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Essonne and Yvelines are also concerned.
According to the latest data from Public Health France, communicated on Wednesday, December 29, the seven-day average continues to increase and exceeds 105,190 new cases. In the past 24 hours, 184 people have died from Covid-19 in hospital. The incidence rate has increased over the past 24 hours and is now 760.28 new contaminations per 100,000 inhabitants, or 28.24 points more than the day before. Here is the detailed report:
According to last epidemiological point of Public Health France (SPF), published Thursday, December 16, “the progression of the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 continued, with hospital indicators still on the rise”. On average, nearly 48,700 cases were diagnosed each day and the incidence rate was 508 positive cases per 100,000 population in many regions – the incidence rate therefore exceeded those of the peaks of 2nd, 3rd and 4th wave.
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Since mid-October 2020, Public Health France has been communicating incidence data (number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants) at the municipal level. The figures are at this stage communicated according to a scale (10, 20, 50, 150, 250, 500, 1000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants). The data are expressed on a rolling week, which means that they are calculated on a day D from the tests carried out between 3 and 9 days previously. To access information relating to the coronavirus in your town, enter its name into the search engine or click on its department in the map below.
As a reminder, the incidence rate corresponds to the number of new cases of Covid-19 over a period of one week, compared to the total population of a territory (country, region, department or municipality). This indicator is generally expressed in number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The screening rate gives the number of people who have tested for the coronavirus out of the total number of inhabitants, during the period. It is also expressed most often on 100,000 inhabitants. Finally, the test positivity rate gives the percentage of positive tests for the coronavirus, compared to the total number of tests carried out over the period.