11:14
Shortage of masks: Jérôme Salomon pointed out by the Senate Committee
The Senate commission of inquiry into the Covid-19 crisis points to the responsibility of N ° 2 of the Ministry of Health, Jérôme Salomon, in the shortage of masks from which France suffered at the start of the epidemic, according to its report made public this Thursday.
She attributes “this shortage directly to the decision, taken in 2018 by the Director General of Health (Jérôme Salomon, editor’s note) not to renew the stock of surgical masks”, even if “it is also the consequence of previous choices, all throughout the 2010s “.
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10:34
Rise in infections “worrying” in Germany
The current increase in the number of Covid-19 infections in Germany is “worrying”, said Thursday the president of the Robert-Koch (RKI) health watch institute.
“The situation remains very serious (…) it has worsened since last week”, underlined Lothar Wieler while Germany, whose authorities are openly worried about the current evolution of the epidemic, recorded this Thursday an increase in coronavirus cases of 23,679 in 24 hours and 440 deaths.
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8:48
“We must forget December 31”
While the government could announce this Thursday evening that New Year’s Eve could be subject to heavy restrictions, Professor Gilles Pialoux believes that “we must forget December 31 to protect 2021”.
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8:44
“We are on a high plateau”
For Gilles Pialoux, France is currently on a “high plateau” in terms of the number of contaminations, which according to him is “may be more difficult than a third wave”.
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8:42
For Professor Gilles Pialoux, people have “self-deconfined”
On BFMTV-RMC, Gilles Pialoux, head of the infectious diseases department at Tenon hospital, the more than 14,000 cases of contamination which were still recorded on Wednesday are linked to the fact that the French have “self-deconfined”.
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7:50
No reopening of cinemas and theaters?
In his speech of November 24, Emmanuel Macron had envisaged a reopening of these cultural places on December 15, conditional on an improvement in the health situation.
But five days from the deadline, daily figures peak for a week at more than 10,000 new cases of Covid-19.
According to our information, cinemas and theaters could remain closed until January 20.
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7:47
What will Jean Castex announce?
While the number of new cases of Covid-19 has stagnated for several days in France, the executive is considering easing less quickly than expected the containment measures currently in force.
To avoid a third wave and further slow the spread of the epidemic, Jean Castex could therefore lowering your ambitions, and that would require a curfew from 8 p.m., and continued closure of cinemas and theaters. December 31 could also be suspended. All our information.
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7:46
Castex press conference at 6 p.m.
Prime Minister Jean Castex will announce at 6 p.m. what the deconfinement of December 15 will look like, which is likely to be less straightforward than expected, the target of 5,000 Covid-19 contaminations per day being far from being reached. A press conference to follow live on BFMTV.
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7:45
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Follow here all the latest information related to Covid-19 and upcoming government announcements on deconfinement scheduled for December 15.
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