Containment, slowing of the epidemic, new measures: update on the weekend’s news concerning the Covid-19 pandemic.
38,619 new contaminations in France this Sunday
Sunday, November 8, France identified 38,619 new infections with SARS-CoV-2. 86,852 new cases had been identified the day before, but it would be a computer “bug”. Some of the cases had not been counted the previous days.
Olivier Véran notes “a form of slowing down” in the progression of the epidemic
Asked about France Inter, the Minister of Health spoke of “quivering” and slowing the progression of the epidemic, while indicating that it was too early to draw conclusions.
For the Minister of Health, the isolation of the sick “justifies a democratic debate”
If he is “not intimately convinced” by this approach which “puts in tension our relation to fundamental freedoms and the sociological history of our country”, Olivier Véran affirmed that there will be “a reflection on the update. safe from people who are positive cases ”.
The hypothesis of a virus escaped from a laboratory is not totally ruled out
The origin of Covid-19 is still unknown. Accompanied by other researchers, Étienne Decroly, virologist at the CNRS, examines the hypothesis of a virus that accidentally escaped from a laboratory.
There will be no confinement imposed on the elderly
Government spokesman Gabriel Attal said confinement imposed on the elderly was an “ethically complicated” measure and that it will not be put in place.
Measures for the continuity of treatment and care during confinement
The Ministry of Health has taken measures to allow the continuation of treatment and care during confinement, but also the taking of contraception and medical abortions, in a decree published this Sunday in Official newspaper.
Patient transfers in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Hauts-de-France
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Health Agency (ARS) is considering 200 new patient transfers to relieve congestion in hospitals where coronavirus patients are flocking. On the Hauts-de-France side, a patient was transferred to a German hospital. A first for the region, a few days after the first transfers abroad since the second wave of the epidemic.
In Europe, restrictions continue to increase
While Portugal will impose a curfew from Monday, the restrictions, which continue to multiply, have provoked rallies and protest demonstrations in Madrid, Manchester or even in Leipzig (Germany).
