The essential
- In France, 7,410 people are still hospitalized because of Covid-19, against 8,107 a week ago. The decline is also affecting critical care services, which now accommodate 1,355 people.
- However, 47 people still lost their lives in the past 24 hours. This figure brings the number of deaths in France to 116,760 since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic.
- 50,511,359 people received at least one dose, or 88.1% of French adults. 72% of the total population has a complete vaccination schedule.
- Between June 1 and September 20, deaths jumped 78% in Guadeloupe compared to 2019. In Martinique, this increase amounts to 69% over the same period.
- In Guyana, colleges and high schools will close their doors until October 14 in areas where the Delta variant is actively circulating.
- Quite a symbol: Expo 2020 Dubai opened its doors yesterday. Shifted by one year, it is the largest event organized since the start of the health crisis. 190 countries are represented.
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Follow the events of the day live:
8.45 a.m. The United States will send vaccines to Bangladesh and the Philippines. Five shipments representing a total of 5,575,050 doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine are due to arrive in the Philippines next week, and 2,508,480 doses in Bangladesh, via the international Covax mechanism.
8:30 am. The Supreme Court of the United States rejects an appeal against the vaccination of New York teachers. Judge Sonia Sotomayor refused to block New York City’s obligation on teachers and public school employees to get vaccinated. Four teachers and teaching assistants were trying to block the clock: the mayor required everyone to be vaccinated – at least one dose – before 5 p.m. Friday, under penalty of being placed on unpaid leave until September 2022. Judge Sotomayor did not provide an explanation or refer the matter to the Court for a full hearing.
148,000 people work for the largest school district in the United States, attended by approximately one million students. Yesterday, Mayor Bill De Blasio assured that 90% of employees of the city’s education department had already received at least one dose of the vaccine.
8:15 am. The situation is improving in Guadeloupe. The prefect announced that the island was ready to begin the first phase of the deconfinement decided in early August.
8 hours. Oral treatment for Covid? The Merck & Co laboratory and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics will very quickly submit an emergency authorization request for its molnupiravir. This antiviral pill, which introduces errors in the genetic code of the virus, could halve the risk of death or hospitalization for those most at risk.
Current treatment options include remdesivir, an antiviral given by infusion, and dexamethasone, a generic steroid. Both are only given after the patient has already been hospitalized.
7:50 a.m. California will force the vaccine on high school students. In the United States, except in an emergency that lowers the age, you can be vaccinated from the age of 16. California Senator Gavin Newsom has decided to require high school students to be vaccinated if they wish to physically attend class, whether they are schooled in the public or private system. The vaccine requirement will come into effect in 2022. If the US drug agency validates vaccines for younger students, they will be required.
7.40 am. A 12th Saturday of mobilization. Between 40 and 60,000 people are expected in processions across France, including 5 demonstrations in Paris, according to police sources. 60,000 people demonstrated last week. A mobilization in free fall, unless the entry into force of the health pass for 12-17 year olds on Thursday, remobilizes the less determined.
7:30 am. 5 million dead. According to the count of the Reuters agency, which aggregates the statistics of the countries and territories affected by the virus, the world exceeded 5 million deaths on Friday evening. It took a little over a year to reach 2.5 million deaths, and just eight months to double. An average of 8,000 deaths have been reported worldwide daily over the past week, or about five deaths per minute.
7:20 a.m. In Guyana, almost confinement in the red zones. In addition to the closure of colleges and high schools for ten days, it was decided that as of Monday, in Cayenne, Kourou, or Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, sports halls, restaurants, cafes, will be closed even in week, not just Sunday. The curfew was maintained at 7 p.m.
7:10 am. The milestone of 700,000 dead passed in the United States. 700,285 last night, according to the Johns Hopkins University count. This is the equivalent of the population of the capital Washington. The country continues to record the highest weekly death toll, and unvaccinated people still remain vulnerable to the disease. Just over 64% of the U.S. population, or 215 million people, have received at least one dose of one of three vaccines licensed in the country.
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