COVID. The waves of contamination created by Omicron and Delta continue to put pressure on the hospital in France, leading to nearly 272,000 new coronavirus contaminations in 24 hours, more than 20,000 new hospitalizations and nearly 300 deaths for Covid-19. The executive sees the debates on the vaccine pass bill being once again suspended, after controversial remarks by Emmanuel Macron.
12:49 – The state of health emergency declared in several departments
A state of health emergency has been declared in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Mayotte, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélémy.
12:47 – 2 Covid patients transferred from Corsica to Brittany
This Wednesday, January 5, two women with a severe form of Covid-19 must be evacuated from Bastia to Brest, as part of the regional white plan activated by the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Corsica. “These are two unvaccinated patients, carriers of multiple co-morbidities, suffering from a severe form of Covid-19, intubated-ventilated: two women aged 64 and 78”, specifies the ARS Corsica.
12:40 – Violence against the director of the CHU de Guadeloupe: Olivier Véran reacts
The Minister of Health and Solidarity reacted to the violence against Gérard Cotellon, director general of the university hospital (CHU) of Guadeloupe, who was “kidnapped” and “molested” by activists opposing the vaccination obligation of caregivers: “Unacceptable! An ideology will never justify that a group of individuals sequester and strike a hospital director, who has fought relentlessly for months to save our fellow citizens,” he said written on Twitter.
12:25 – “If everyone were vaccinated, there would be no health crisis”, says Rémi Salomon
Rémi Salomon, president of the medical commission of Public Assistance – Hospitals of Paris, praised this Wednesday on Franceinfo vaccination: “When we are poorly vaccinated, as is the case in Marseille, we have many more patients in intensive care”, adding that “we are lucky to have this very effective weapon against severe forms”. According to him, “if everyone were vaccinated, there would be no health crisis”: “We would have sick people, we would have some serious forms and some work stoppages, like the flu,” he said. .
12:05 – Sorting between patients according to whether or not they are vaccinated, would be “unforgivable”
Dr Patrick Bouet, president of the National Council of the Order of Physicians, said in a column published in The cross that agreeing to sort out the patients according to whether they are vaccinated or not, would be “unforgivable”: “We cannot allow a patient not to be treated because he is not vaccinated”, he hammers. For the doctor, “all patients must be taken care of and benefit from all the human and material means to go towards recovery”. And to add: “The objective of the management of this crisis is not to save the hospital or the health system, it is and will remain for us doctors that of saving lives, avoiding suffering, d ‘to support broken destinies, to support families whose lives suddenly fall into hardship “.
12:01 – The vaccination obligation, useless according to Prof. Eric Caumes
“Imposing the vaccine obligation while the vaccine is less and less effective, it is a paradox”, lamented Professor Eric Caumes on the set of BFMTV / RMC this Wednesday January 5. “Especially since there are hundreds of thousands of people who are infected every day at the moment”, he added, recalling that “we do not vaccinate people infected with Covid-19”.
11:45 – Eric Caumes says he is “disappointed” with the anti-Covid vaccines
At the microphone of BFMTV, Professor Eric Caumes said he was “disappointed” with anti-Covid vaccines, whether because of their “duration of protection” or their “effectiveness”. “Especially with the Omicron variant”, which “is circulating intensely” despite high vaccination coverage in France, he lamented.
11:30 – “Probably 500,000 new infections per day”, according to Pr Caumes
At the microphone of BFMTV / RMC, Professor Eric Caumes indicated that in France, the daily rate of contamination was probably 500,000 new “infections per day”: “Yesterday’s figure was 270,000 but you can easily double it”, a- he explained.
11:25 – The Omicron wave could be the last wave of the Covid-19 epidemic
The Omicron wave, the last wave of the coronavirus epidemic in France? “It’s a possibility,” said Professor Eric Caumes at the microphone of BFMTV this Wednesday January 5. And to specify: “In any case, a wave of this magnitude, because there will be aftershocks, there will be other small waves”. Confident, he reaffirmed that it was “entirely possible” that this was the last wave “in the general population”.
11:15 – Vaccine pass: a “health regression” for Prof. Eric Caumes
Guest of BFMTV this Wednesday, January 5, Professor Eric Caumes, head of the infectious and tropical diseases department at Pitié-Salpêtrière, indicated that, for him, “the vaccination pass is a health regression”.
11:05 – “Vaccinating children is to protect parents and grandparents”, affirms Emmanuel Macron
Asked during his interview with The Parisian on the decision to vaccinate 5-11 year olds, the President of the Republic indicated that “vaccinating children is, basically, protecting parents and grandparents”.
10:59 – Emmanuel Macron acknowledges having made the choice of a “quasi-compulsory vaccination”
Nearby Parisian, Emmanuel Macron confided to admit having made “almost a choice of vaccination obligation”: “On July 12, I announced the health pass, mid-October, the paid test. And there, a new step with the vaccination pass . It will now cost more and be more restrictive for those who still do not want to be vaccinated. “
10:48 – New measures after the Sanitary Defense Council on Wednesday?
Can the new Health Defense Council, which is to be held this Wednesday, January 5, lead to new measures to fight against the epidemic? In his interview with Parisian, Emmanuel Macron seems to indicate the opposite: “The decisions were announced last week, so we must let them live”, he said, specifying that “at the Defense Council, we will follow up on the start of the school year. classes, measures already taken, the state of our hospital system “.
10:45 – The government’s strategy in the face of the health crisis? “Vaccination, vaccination, vaccination, and pass”
In his interview with Parisian, which sparked an uproar among the opposition, Emmanuel Macron again detailed the executive’s strategy to slow down the Covid-19 epidemic as much as possible: “Basically, the line is simple: it’s vaccination, vaccination , vaccination, and vaccination pass. This is the objective of the law which will be voted on around January 15 “.
And to add: “The idea is to put a lot of constraint on the unvaccinated and, collectively, to respect barrier gestures.”
10:18 – Omicron, “three times more contagious” than Delta?
Overnight, the US Center for Disease Control (CDC) announced during a press conference that, according to its initial observations, the Omicron variant is three times more contagious than its predecessor, Delta. Basing this statement on studies published by the Japanese University of Hokkaido, the CDC precise estimate Omicron’s reproduction rate 3.19 times that of Delta.
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According to the latest data from Public Health France, communicated on Tuesday, January 4, the seven-day average continues to increase and exceeds 180,000 new cases. In the past 24 hours, 293 people have died from Covid-19 in hospital. The incidence rate has once again increased in the past 24 hours and is now 1,698.66 new contaminations per 100,000 inhabitants, ie 17.91 points more than the day before. Here is the detailed report:
According to last epidemiological point of Public Health France (SPF), published Thursday, December 30, “the strong acceleration of the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 with a significant progression of the Omicron variant now in the majority”. On average, the incidence rate was 833 positive cases per 100,000 population in many areas – the incidence rate therefore exceeded those of the peaks of wave 2, 3 and 4.
Follow the evolution of the coronavirus in your town using the map below. Click on a department to display the list of municipalities. Also find all the details on this mapping and the full point by city and by department in our article on the Covid map in France.
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.