New measures, new reports and highlights: an update on the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.
The situation in France
The number of people hospitalized in France sick with Covid-19 continued to increase on Monday, passing the 10,000 mark again, with 10,151 people affected, according to data from the health authorities. This figure had not been reached since June 22.
A significant number of these hospitalizations are concentrated in the Bouches-du-Rhône, in the Paris region, in Guadeloupe, in Martinique or even in Reunion. In the past 24 hours, 950 new people have been hospitalized. The number of patients in critical care also increased, to 1,908 against 1,852 on Sunday, with 178 new admissions. This indicator, closely scrutinized by the health authorities who want to avoid saturation of hospitals as in the West Indies, had fallen below the threshold of 1,000 patients on July 7.
Shopping centers subject to the health pass in France
After bars, restaurants, hospitals and trains, more than 120 large shopping centers and stores in the Paris region and the southern half of France now systematically control the health pass. But the health pass is not mandatory to donate blood, even in a hospital, said the French Blood Establishment, which is worried about too low reserves and is relaunching its call for donations.
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No more isolation for contact cases in England
Despite the wave of contamination due to the Delta variant, vaccinated contact cases no longer have to isolate themselves since Monday in England, removing a major obstacle to economic recovery. Building on the success of the vaccination campaign (more than three quarters of adults fully vaccinated), Boris Johnson’s government lifted almost all of the last restrictions in force in mid-July, such as wearing a mask, physical distancing or gauges in theaters.
The vaccine pass in force in New York
The vaccination pass went into effect Monday in New York, the first major American city to have announced it: proof of vaccination will be required to go to a certain number of closed places such as restaurants, theaters or sports halls. sport. A transition period is planned before the first checks in a month.
The balance sheet in the world
The novel coronavirus pandemic has made at least 4,361,805 dead worldwide, according to a report established by AFP from official sources Monday at 10:00 GMT. The United States are the most affected country in terms of both number of deaths and cases, with 621,635 deaths, ahead of the Brazil (569,058 dead) andInde (431,642 dead).
The World Health Organization estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than that calculated from official figures.
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