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8h29. “The curfew did what it could, it slowed down. I see no other solution today than to confine. “, declares Jean-Michel Constantin, anesthesiologist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, on France info.
8:15 am. Automotive: the European market still in decline in February. Europeans stayed away from car dealerships in February, with the car market dropping 19.3% year-on-year, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Association of European Manufacturers (ACEA).
“Containment measures against Covid-19 and economic uncertainty continue to weigh heavily on demand,” said ACEA in a press release.
8:01 am. “If confinement on weekends in Ile-de-France, it must be supported like teleworking during the week … If confinement all week, it must be respected and supported” , declares Martin Hirsch on RTL.
7:58 a.m. “We are in a phase of acceleration of the epidemic”, underlines Martin Hirsch. “Every day we make more room in intensive care … The projections for April 6 are counting on a range of 2,000 to 2,800 patients in intensive care, figures similar to April 2020 where it was difficult to take into account. charge these patients ”.
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7:55 am. “I hope that the vaccination will resume quickly, it is a capital issue”, declares the Director General of Public Assistance-Hospitals of Paris (AP-HP).
7:50 a.m. “There are as many patients in intensive care today as during the peak of the second wave,” explains Martin Hirsch.
7:48 am. “The virus is not under control”, estimates Martin Hirsch, director general of the Public Assistance-Hospitals of Paris (AP-HP), on RTL.
7.40 am. The call for a national day of homage to caregivers. On March 17, 2020, France shut itself up. The epidemic is still not under control. As we reveal, the Hospital Federation of France, supported by members of the Scientific Council, wants to make this anniversary date a day dedicated to hospital workers. All the details can be read in our paper.
7:29. Netherlands: last day of elections, test of epidemic management. Dutch voters go to the polls on Wednesday in polling stations fitted out due to Covid-19 on the last day of the parliamentary elections, which are expected to return right-wing Prime Minister Mark Rutte to his post.
The elections are seen as a test of the current government’s handling of the epidemic.
7:15 am. The European regulator “convinced” of the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was “firmly convinced” of the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, the use of which is suspended by several countries worried about possible side effects.
7:12. 5 million Chileans have received a dose of the vaccine, better than expected. Chile has crossed the threshold of five million people who have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, two weeks ahead of the immunization program set by the government.
In this country of 19 million inhabitants, 5,011,517 people received at least one dose of vaccine, and 2,139,079 people, two doses, announces the Ministry of Health. The government’s goal was to reach five million people who had received at least one dose by March 30.
6:59 am. Australia wants a million doses of vaccine for Papua. Australia is asking AstraZeneca and the European Union this Wednesday for emergency access to a million doses of the vaccine it has purchased in order to supply them to Papua New Guinea, facing a Covid outbreak -19.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he wants to use these doses, which Australia ordered for itself and paid for, to help Papua New Guinea, located just north of Australia, fight the coronavirus.
6:50 a.m. Manila closes its borders to foreigners. The Philippines will close its borders to foreigners and reduce the number of its nationals allowed to enter the country, due to an upsurge in cases of coronavirus infection in the archipelago.
The temporary measure was taken as the number of new cases over 24 hours reached its highest level in seven months at 5,404, a figure that experts say may double by the end of the month.
6:40 am. Covid-19, one year later: Emmanuel Macron at the foot of the wall. Emmanuel Macron consulted a lot on the country’s health situation before holding a new Defense Council this Wednesday morning. Read our decryption of the situation here.
6:35 am. 4,239 intensive care patients in France. More than 2,000 people have been hospitalized in the past 24 hours because of the coronavirus. The pressure on hospitals continues to increase, with a record of intensive care admissions since November 13.
6.30 a.m. 320 new deaths in France in the last 24 hours. A total of 91,196 people have died in the country since the start of the epidemic.
6:20 am. “The time has come to consider arrangements for the Ile-de-France region”, announces Jean Castex. The possibility of confining Ile-de-France to limit the spread of Covid-19 will be studied this Wednesday morning in the Health Defense Council, indicates Jean Castex on BFMTV. “Our citizens are committed to fairness: there is no reason why we should not adopt measures that we apply elsewhere,” he explains. The time has come to consider it ”.
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