COVID. The 6th wave of the coronavirus epidemic seems to have already started in France, while the 5th is not really completed. Covid-19 is spreading at lightning speed in the form of the Omicron variant, which portends new restrictions quickly.
10:29 – Elisabeth Borne: “We do not plan to register [le pass sanitaire en entreprise] in the bill initiated
Guest ofEurope 1 This Wednesday, December 22, the Minister of Labor Elisabeth Borne indicated: “There are no plans to include this provision in the initial bill”, which will be presented next January. And to qualify: “We do not know what the situation will be in 10 days and the possible measures that we could be brought to take. So I wish to continue the exchanges with the employers’ organizations and unions and we will see if the Parliamentarians judge that it is relevant to introduce it by amendment “.
10:10 – Elisabeth Borne asks companies to expand teleworking, from the start of the school year
Guest ofEurope 1 this Wednesday, December 22, the Minister of Labor, Employment and Integration Elisabeth Borne called on companies to strengthen teleworking, at least with a target of “three days a week” for positions which allow it, ” or even four days when possible “.
To this end, “the labor inspectorate controls are reinforced”: “We have returned, as we were last spring, at a rate of 5,000 controls per month”. And to add: “I think that there is a strong responsibility of the employers and the employees” in this reinforcement of teleworking.
10:08 – The booster dose 4 months after vaccination, “from next week”?
On BFMTV / RMC, Olivier Véran indicated that it was “not impossible” for him to reduce the time lapse between the vaccination and the booster, to bring it to only 4 months after the last injection and this, “from next week” .
10:01 – 145 children currently hospitalized, 27 in intensive care
The 5th wave of the coronavirus epidemic in France has several peculiarities. Among them, noted Olivier Véran this morning at the microphone of BFMTV / RMC, that of particularly affecting children: “Yesterday evening, 145 children were hospitalized for a severe form of Covid and 27 children were in intensive care. Some do not have comorbidities,” he warned.
And to add: “The incidence rate means that today, one in 100 children is positive for Covid-19 in France, since the incidence rate in French children is 1,000 per 100,000. “
09:52 – Vaccination open to 5-11 year olds, “from today and without delay”
On BFMTV / RMC, the Minister of Health and Solidarity Olivier Véran announced the opening of vaccination, “from today and without delay” to all children aged 5 to 11 years. 350 vaccination centers against Covid-19 in France will ensure the vaccination of children, he said. City doctors and pharmacies can also vaccinate children.
And to assure: “The data on the vaccination against the Covid-19 are very reassuring and the effective vaccine”.
09:51 – The Omicron variant is “sensitive to the vaccine”, assures Olivier Véran
On December 22, the Minister of Health wanted to be reassuring about the effectiveness of vaccines against Covid-19 on the Omicron variant: “One thing is certain: [Omicron] is susceptible to the vaccine “.
09:45 – Omicron, more contagious but less virulent?
“Where it already circulates a lot, it does not lead to a wave of hospitalizations”, noted Olivier Véran this morning on BFMTV / RMC : this new variant would therefore be the bearer of hope, that of a new strain which would replace Delta but which would cause fewer serious forms.
09:34 – Who are the Covid patients in intensive care?
This Wednesday, December 22, Olivier Véran detailed on BFMTV / RMC profiles of patients in intensive care: “There are two types of people in French intensive care units: unvaccinated people, the majority nationally. Second category: vaccinated but very fragile patients, in whom the vaccination has not the same effectiveness. It can be very old people like people who have chronic diseases that affect their immune system, which makes them respond less to the vaccine. “
9:30 am – More than 100,000 new contaminations per day, by the end of the month?
The fact that the Omicron variant will very soon be in the majority in France will lead to a sharp increase in the number of new daily contaminations, Olivier Véran said this morning on BFMTV / RMC. The Minister of Health expects more than 100,000 new infections per day by the end of the month; “This is what is in any case expected by the models,” he commented.
09:25 – Omicron will be the majority in France “between Christmas and New Year”, for Olivier Véran
For the Minister of Health, invited to BFMTV / RMC this Wednesday, December 22, the Omicron variant should be in the majority in France “between Christmas and New Years”: “Today, we are at around 20% [des cas d’Omicron sur la totalité des cas positifs observés], probably 30 or 35% in Île-de-France. In two days, Omicron will represent at least one in three contamination in France “.
And to explain: “Where the Delta multiplied by two, that is to say doubled the number of patients, in 12 days, the Omicron variant […] multiplies every two to three days “.
09:21 – Booster dose not extended “for now” to adolescents
On BFMTV / RMC, the Minister of Health and Solidarity Olivier Véran announced that the booster dose would not be extended, “for the moment”, to adolescents
9:15 am – Traffic restrictions quickly? Olivier Véran does not exclude it
This Wednesday morning, the Minister of Health recalled that restrictions would be put in place on December 31, with a ban on the sale of alcohol and food products outside, and the cancellation of large gatherings. But should we expect new announcements during the holiday season? Olivier Véran himself asked the question on the set of BFMTV this morning: “Should we go further and put in place traffic restrictions in this particular period? These are questions that we ask ourselves every day. week”. And to the journalist who asks him: “Curfew? Limitation of movement?” Everything has been on the table for weeks, “replied the minister.” With the level of traffic, setting up gauges would not have a traffic impact. […] Today we are choosing to base the measures on the unvaccinated “.
08:57 – Martin Hirsch points to the very important state of fatigue of our hospital system
Invited this morning on France Info, the director general of the AP-HP recalled that the health crisis of the coronavirus had greatly affected nursing staff. “At the hospital, it has not stopped for two years. The staff have worked more than 2.1 million hours of overtime,” he recalled, adding: “The students, the nursing students have including saved the hospital. […] One would have to be deaf, blind and not have a sense of smell to say that the hospital is not doing well “. And to shed light on the Omicron variant:” We see Omicron clusters in groups of caregivers, but we has not yet identified a severe form Omicron among our patients in intensive care “.
According to the latest data from Public Health France, communicated on Tuesday, December 21, the seven-day average continues to increase, exceeding 54,232 new cases. In the past 24 hours, 210 people have died from Covid-19 in hospital. The incidence rate also continues to increase over the past 24 hours and is now 544.79 new contaminations per 100,000 inhabitants, or 6.77 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, almost 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.