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Covid-19: live announcements
Live this Friday, April 29:
- Weekly update from Public Health France: “the slowdown in the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 is confirmed”. In its bulletin published this Friday, SPF indicates that the drop in the incidence rate has increased (-26% in one week), as has the positivity rate (-3 points), even if they are still ” students”. In addition, the decline in the number of new hospitalizations continues, but “ask to be confirmed next week”. Finally, the prevention advice remains: “while the latest CoviPrev survey shows a sharp drop in the systematic adoption of barrier gestures since February, their maintenance remains essential to protect the most fragile in the current context of a still active circulation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses to protect the most vulnerable. At the same time, the vaccination effort must continue, especially for the second booster dose in the oldest subjects.”
- Covid figures in France this Thursday, April 28: this Wednesday, 24,130 people are hospitalized (24,431 yesterday), including 1,629 in critical care (down, 1,645 a week ago) and 155 new admissions are recorded today (181 last Thursday). 116 people died that same day. Moreover, 59,760 people were infected in 24 hours on Tuesday.
- How many French people are vaccinated on April 28? Since the start of the booster campaign, 41,083,006 booster doses have been carried out. In addition, since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 54,326,582 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 80.6% of the total population) and 53,421,984 people now have a complete vaccination schedule (i.e. 79. 2% of the total population).
Other info:
- 60% of Americans have been infected with Covid: as of February 2022, at least 58% of the US population had contracted the virus since the start of the pandemic, according to the US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC).
- The health crisis has had an impact on the weight of children: according to a vast study, carried out in France for 4 years, and relayed this Tuesday in the Weekly epidemiological bulletin (BEH) disseminated by the French public health agency, the proportion of overweight children has increased. In 2020-2021, the study shows that the share of overweight children increases significantly (+ 2.6%), as well as that of obese children (+ 1.8%) compared to the reference year 2018- 2019.
- HAS proposes reimbursement of Paxlovid : after authorizing early access to Paxlovid, an antiviral for the preventive treatment of severe forms of Covid-19 on January 22, HAS, after evaluation, decides for its reimbursement. Learn more about Paxlovid.
- Only around one in four patients hospitalized with Covid-19 have fully recovered after a yearaccording to a British study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, especially when you are a woman or obese.
- XD, this recombinant variant of Omicron and Delta is under increased surveillance, even if the number of cases is still very low in France (less than 0.1% of sequences). According to Santé Publique France, its symptoms resemble those of Omicron, but there is more loss of taste and smell. Learn more.
- Variant XE: while health measures have (almost) all been eased, new variants continue to appear: the XD variant, a recombinant of Delta and Omicron, and the XE variant, derived from the BA.1 and BA.2 sub-variants. We take stock.
- Variant Omicron: symptoms, incubation, duration…
- Vaccines against Covid: Olivier Véran announces the opening of the second booster dose for over 60s. “The circulation of the epidemic seems to have peaked”said the Minister of Health this morning on RTL. “No one is saying that the epidemic is overhe added. But that doesn’t jeopardize the hospital.”
- Beyond 3 months, the booster dose of the vaccine against covid-19 no longer seems to protect against infections. But it remains effective against severe forms in people over 40 reveals a study by the DREES.
- Positive Covid test: when the health measures have been lifted, what should be done in the event of a positive test? What are the steps to register with Améli? We will explain everything to you.
- What is the minimum time between two Covid contaminations? According to Dr. Blanchecotte, president of the Syndicat des Biologistes, we could catch Covid-19 again after about 1 month.
- Men have been more affected by Covid than women: according to a study just published by INEDamong those over 55, the excess mortality among men compared to women is even greater if we focus only on Covid-related deaths.
- The virus would not be transmitted so easily by the hands : a recent American study suggests that the Covid-19 virus is not easily transmitted through contaminated surfaces, due to the presence of mucins, protective proteins. Learn more.
- Pregnant women and Covid transmission: a large study published in the BMJ shows that there is very little risk that a pregnant woman infected with Covid will transmit it to her baby, in particular, when she has a mild form. When the mother tests positive for the virus, about 2% of babies test positive within days of birth, the study concludes.
- The Covid pandemic would have caused more than 18 million deaths in the world between the beginning of 2020 and the end of 2021, more than three times the official balance sheet, according to a study published this Friday in the journal The Lancet.
- Covid and the brain, the link is confirmed: We observe “a deleterious impact linked to SARS-Cov-2” in the brains of people infected months earlier, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature. Should we be worried? Read our article.
- Covid long: Depression, loss of appetite, self-confidence… What are the consequences of a loss of smell that lasts? The explanations of Jean-Marie Lledo, researcher at the CNRS and the Institut Pasteur in our article.
- The Haute Autorité de Santé restricts the use of the Janssen vaccine: it recommends postponing vaccination with the Janssen vaccine, except for people at risk of a severe form of the disease who have a contraindication to the administration of an mRNA vaccine. The reason ? A study suggests a slight increase in the risk of myocardial infarction within two weeks of vaccination with the Janssen vaccine in people under 75 years of age. The study must be confirmed with regard to international data, but as a precaution, and pending the conclusions of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), it is therefore RNA vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer) which must be preferred. .
- Postponement of the bac exams due to the health situation. The written specialization tests for the general and technological baccalaureate, which were to be held on March 14, 15 and 16, have been postponed to May 11, 12 and 13, indicates the Ministry of Education. The so-called “experimental capacity assessment” tests will take place in the days that follow.
- A certificate of isolation must be sent to the employer for people who are in contact and positive for Covid-19, who are not able to telework or whose job does not allow it. How to get it?
- Insee report: despite the Covid, the year 2021 recorded a slight rebound, according to Insee. Mortality remains abnormally high (compared to the period before the epidemic), but its decrease coupled with the increase in births leads to a 0.3% increase in the French population in one year.
- The Covid, soon a disease like the flu? Although the disease is still in the pandemic phase, the spread of the Omicron variant will transform Covid-19 into an endemic disease, Marco Cavaleri, head of vaccine strategy at the European Medicines Agency (EMA), based in Paris, explained on Tuesday. Amsterdam. Read also: Thanks to Omicron, Covid-19 will become an endemic disease: what does that mean?
- Sanofi vaccine against Covid-19 : currently in the clinical trial phase, the final results will be unveiled in the first quarter of 2022, after a further delay, the laboratory announced. Read our article: where is the Sanofi vaccine?
- I had no side effects after the vaccine, am I really protected? Our answer.
Covid figures in France: cases, deaths, curves
The balance sheet in figures in France on Thursday, April 28:
- 59,760 new cases in 24 hours
- 145,711 deaths
- 1,629 patients currently hospitalized in intensive care in total (see curve below)
- Test positivity rate: 28.7%
- Effective R: 0.7
- Over 54 million people who have received at least one dose of vaccine
- New intensive care admissions
- In total, in intensive care
And also :
- How to download the European certified vaccination certificate.
- You can download your Covid-19 certificateon the Tous Anti-Covid app or on the government website.
- Immediate work stoppage: how does this new measure announced by Olivier Véran work? We explain to you.
- The company health protocol is published.
- How to benefit from a home nurse if you are infected with Covid-19? Learn more about home nursing.
- Mental health campaign “talking about it is already treating yourself”:a general public campaign by the Ministry of Health encourages the French to “talk” about their psychological state, which has been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and recalls the existence of helplines. The objective is to better detect depressive and anxiety disorders before they worsen and/or become chronic. The campaign, broken down into three spots, will be deployed on radio, television and on the Internet.
- the “psy package”which will allow the reimbursement of ten sessions with a psychologist for children and adolescents, will be effective at the end of May.
- Alcoholism: In an anxiety-provoking context, combining health fears and increasing precariousness, the mental health of the French is severely affected. At the forefront of the risks, the increase in addiction to alcohol. Stress, alcohol at hand… contribute to relapses. The advice of psychiatrist Fanny Jacq interviewed by Top Santé.
- Covid-long: causes, symptoms, risk profiles… What we know a year after the start of the epidemic
- The oximeters, which allow patients suffering from Covid-19 to measure their level of oxygen saturation at home, are reimbursed at 100%. Learn more about home oxygen therapy.
Parliament adopted the extension of the state of health emergency until June 1. A text of law will propose to institute a current transitional regime from June 2 to October 31.
Read also:
- Covid: how to treat yourself at home?
- Covid and pregnancy: what you need to know
- Variants: symptoms, contagion… What we know
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