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In summary
– French hospitals are welcoming more and more patients with Covid-19, in total more than 14,000 this Sunday, according to daily data from Public Health France (SPF). Critical care services, which treat the most serious cases (including resuscitation), welcomed 111 new patients compared to the previous day. In total, 2,602 patients are hospitalized there, a number higher than that listed at the top of the wave this summer.
– The government has set the goal of vaccinating 20 million French people with a booster dose against Covid-19 by Christmas. According to the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, traveling to Strasbourg, the bar of “700,000 daily injections” recall was crossed on Friday. Since September, 14.3 million people have received a booster dose.
– The Minister of Health Olivier Véran was alarmed this Sunday at the current progression of the epidemic. Even though a peak might be “Soon to be reached” according to him, “the sanitary pressure is increasing and several parameters worry us ”. However, no containment or traffic restrictions on the program, for the moment.
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Europe armed to fight against omicron. Guest on France 2, this morning, European Commissioner Thierry Breton, very critical of Boris Johnson, indicated that, on the omicron variant, “We will have definitive results of its dangerousness from one week to ten days. What is certain is that the third dose really protects ”. He also said that Europe has enough vaccines and that they can adapt if necessary to the variant in less than three months.
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The Mayor undertakes to help the discotheques. On RMC and BFM TV, the Minister of the Economy ensures that “All fixed costs, including manager salaries” nightclubs will be covered by the government. The discos had to close last week, and until January 6 inclusive.
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Vaccines probably less effective against omicron according to the WHO. The omicron variant seems to spread faster than the delta variant, causing less severe symptoms but also making vaccines less effective, the WHO said on Sunday, stressing nevertheless that the data on this new variant remains very incomplete. Omicron is now present in 63 countries, according to the organization.
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Martin Hirsch calls for support for caregivers. This morning on RTL, Martin Hirsch, Director General of Public Assistance – Paris Hospitals (AP-HP), confides that “Those who work in the hospital have the impression of being considered as pain in the ass” because they ask the French to be careful of contamination. Two weeks before the end of the year celebrations, he calls on the population to continue to support them and to maintain reasonable behavior: “It’s not worth going to bamba everywhere.”
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