COVID-19: nearly 20,000 new cases, hospitalizations always increasing

23 into knowing

-Austria began to confine non-vaccinated people on Monday or who have not recently contracted COVVI-19, a first in the EU.

-The over 40s will soon be able to receive a third dose of COVVI-19 vaccine in the United Kingdom.

-In France, the number of new cases of COVVI-19 in the country has returned above 10,000 on average over the last seven days, according to official figures published on Sunday.This Tuesday, Public Health France listed nearly 20,000 cases.

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9:55 p.m..The teacher suspended in the Oise for non-port of the mask maintains her claims

Anne-Claire Rossignol, French professor in a college in Gouvieux, near Creil (Oise), suspended by the rectorate for refusal to wear the mask in class in the name of educational reasons, told AFP Tuesday, November 16in his position, despite a dialogue with his hierarchy.

Received by the rectorate on Monday for a "cordial" dialogue but which "did not bring a solution" according to her, Anne-Claire Rossignol decided to maintain her claims and remains suspended.

9:12 p.m..Vaccination: Calaisis, still a good student

Since the COVVI-19 vaccination campaign has reached its cruising rate, Calais and its surroundings have served as good students in the matter.And it seems to continue.

9 p.m..Increase in the number of cases and hospitalizations

Currently, 7,535 people are hospitalized due to a COVVI-19 infection, against 7,361 the day before and 6,851 a week ago, according to public health figures France.In critical care, the trend is also up.To date, they are 1,277 patients supported, against 1,257 the day before and 1,140 last week.

19,778 new cases were identified on Tuesday, a figure that had not been reached since August 25 notes the Parisian.48 people have died in the past 24 hours, which brings the number of people who died because of the COVIR-19 in France to 118,276 in France in France.

8:16 p.m..Pfizer requests the authorization of its anti-COVVIVE pill in the United States

Pfizer announced Tuesday that it had requested emergency authorization from the United States of its anti-Cavid pill, a highly anticipated treatment because it can easily be taken at home in the first days after the appearance of symptoms in case of infection.

The pharmaceutical giant has filed his request for this antiviral treatment with the American Medicines Agency (FDA), he said in a press release.

6:45 p.m..Ten cases at the Blendecques seniors' meal, the town hall calls for being tested

Ten cases of Covid declared themselves after the meal of the seniors of November 9 organized by the town hall of Blendecques in Saint-Ilevert.Two hundred and fifty guests were seated there.The town hall calls for being tested.

5:21 p.m..Agreement to facilitate global access to Pfizer's anti-Cavid pill

The American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has agreed to let its anti-Covid pill spread-once authorized-beyond rich countries to better fight a pandemic that has been wreaking havoc for almost two years.This voluntary license agreement was announced jointly on Tuesday by Pfizer and the community of patents on drugs (MPP), created by Unitaid.

Manufacturers of generic drugs "who are granted sublice will be able to provide the new drug in combination with the ritonavir (a drug used against the AIDS virus, editor's note) to 95 countries, covering up to around 53% of the populationglobal, "said a spokesperson for Unitaid, Hervé Verhoosel, during the regular UN briefing in Geneva.

5:04 p.m..102 elementary and maternal classes closed in Pas-de-Calais

According to the Departmental Directorate of National Education Services, twenty-two first degree classes closed just this Tuesday in Pas-de-Calais, including eight in the Arrageois, which currently has the most bad rate of'Incidence of the department.

4:20 p.m..Against the COVID-19, vaccination has greatly reduced the risks for the most fragile

A France's public health study demonstrates that the most fragile people have been well protected from the COVVI-19 by vaccination.

1:25 p.m..Munich cancels its Christmas market due to "exponential growth" of infections

The German city of Munich has canceled its Christmas market, which attracts more than two million visitors, due to the "exponential growth" of infections in COVVI-19, announced the mayor on Tuesday, Dieter Reiter.

Munich is the first big German city to make such a decision this year, faced with the virulence of the new epidemic wave that touches Germany."This is a bit bitter (...) But the dramatic situation in our hospitals and the exponential growth in the number of infections leave me no other choice, "the elected official said in a press release.

13 hours.Vaccination: for children under 12, France awaits European opinion

The government awaits the opinion of the European Medicines Authority before deciding whether children aged 5 to 11 must be vaccinated in France like what is done in the United States and Israel.We take stock.

12:07.What is the proportion of non-vaccinés in Hauts-de-France hospitals?

While the COVVI-19 epidemic is strengthened and the vaccine recall campaign has started, non -vacinated are always over-represented in hospitals in the region.The details of the figures here.

11:45 am.Three cases of covid at the Blendecques seniors' meal, the town hall calls for being tested

Three cases of Cavid declared themselves after the meal of the seniors of November 9 organized by the town hall of Blendecques in Saint-Ilevert.Two hundred and fifty guests were seated there.The town hall calls for being tested.

10:15 am.France has "an ability to track down very strong variants"

According to the Minister of Health, "France is one of the countries that carry out the most virus sequencing".He still specifies, with Ouest-France: "You may have heard of a Congolese variant.Eight cases were identified in the Republic of Congo and we discovered a family cluster at the end of September in people who returned: several cases in Brittany and some additional cases in PACA in connection with these Breton contaminations.I am not saying that to worry, nothing indicates that this variant is particularly dangerous, but to emphasize that our ability to track down the variants is very strong ".

9:45 am.Children soon vaccinated against COVVI-19?

Will children under the age of 12 be vaccinated against COVVI-19?"The position of France is to wait for the opinion of the European Medicines Authority, which should rule in December," said Olivier Véran in Ouest-France."If the European Medicines Authority tells us that the vaccine is safe and effective in 5-11 year olds, then the High Authority for Health and, the Orientation Committee for the Vaccination Strategy will have to decide.It will undoubtedly be by the start of 2022 ".

9:35 am.To avoid saturation of hospitals, Olivier Véran calls for influenza vaccine

“During the fourth wave this summer, we rose to several tens of thousands of cases a day, without saturating hospitals and with mortality which was much lower than during previous waves thanks to vaccination, the health pass andTo barriers, explained Olivier Véran, the Minister of Health, to our colleagues from Ouest-France.But this wave is winter, traffic conditions are more favorable for covid but also for other viruses ".

So, to avoid saturation of hospitals, "in addition to COVVID vaccination and recall, I call people eligible to do that against flu, and all French people to scrupulously respect barriers".

8:45 am.The health pass soon subjected to a 3rd dose?

Will the health pass be subject to a dose of recall for everyone, as for those over 65?“As early as December those who are over 50 can recall.There will be a logic that people for whom the recall is open also see this vaccination recall integrated into the health pass, ”says Gabriel Attal, without saying more.

8:32 am."No containment planned", reassures Gabriel Attal

Towards a reconfining in France?"What has taught me 18 months of health crisis is that nothing should be excluded in principle," says Gabriel Attal, before reassuring: "There is absolutely no confinement that is planned for'Instant, neither near, nor by far ".

8:31.810,000 3rd dose meeting since the president's speech

In total, in France, nearly 4.5 million people have made a vaccination recall, and they are 810,000 to have made an appointment on Doctolib since the president's speech last week."The recall campaign has moved up a gear," says Gabriel Attal."You have to continue".

8:31.Call to make a vaccination recall

"People who are eligible for vaccination should do it," says Gabriel Attal.Are currently concerned over 65.From December, those over 50, those who have a "medical fragility that makes them more exposed" to the virus, such as obesity, respiratory diseases, cancers..."You absolutely have to make your recall".

8:30 am."We can cross winter" says Gabriel Attal

"About ten days ago, the virus took the stairs, now it is in the elevator," said government spokesperson."We have a situation that is less degraded than our neighbors.The incidence is 4 times lower than in the Netherlands, 9 times less important than in Austria, but obviously there is absolute vigilance ".

And to estimate: "We managed to hold the summer.We can cross winter, thanks in particular, to two things: vaccination coverage which is higher than in our neighbors and because we have the health pass that we set up very early ".

8:25 am.70 % of caregivers vaccinated in Guadeloupe

“In Guadeloupe we come back from afar on vaccination (...) there was a huge job on site to convince.Today we are more than 70 % of vaccinated caregivers, it is colossal progress, "says Gabriel Attal on France Inter."We will not accept that there is pressure on people who have been or who want to be vaccinated".

7:37 am.What about the new protocol to return to them only positive students?

The Minister explains that this new protocol which will consist in returning to them only positive students, having tested the rest of the children in the class, is still in experimentation."The idea is to see if the laboratories follow the rhythm of massive screenings in the classes where we identify a positive case," says Jean-Michel Blanquer."For the moment, we see that this is more or less the case depending on the departments, but it is too early for final conclusions.We will do it in two weeks.»»

7:35 am.1057 classes closed to date

« Il y en a 1057, c’est-à-dire au même niveau qu’avant les vacances de la Toussaint, mais cela va forcément augmenter, comme à chaque fois dans les périodes qui suivent les vacances»», indique le ministre dans Le Parisien."I believe that our 4 -level health protocol makes it possible to face epidemic reality, even if, I repeat, the school environment is not a specifically contaminating environment.»»

7:30 am.The Minister welcomes the performance of school teachers

Dans un entretien au Parisien, le ministre vante les mérites d’une politique qui a su garder les écoles ouvertes durant la crise sanitaire, ce qui a « permis une continuité des apprentissages au primaire»» et salue « la performance des professeurs des écoles, qui ont su braver des difficultés l’an dernier pour garder les écoles ouvertes.»»

7:15 am.Containment: French schoolchildren have caught up with their late

The result of national primary assessments, unveiled exclusively Jean-Michel Blanquer, the Minister of National Education, in Paris this Tuesday, November 16, shows that after a significant drop in 2020, due to three months of closure of the closure ofSchools in the spring due to confinement, the children found close results - even superior in some cases!- of those of 2019. « Je le dis, en primaire, l’effet négatif du confinement sur les apprentissages a été gommé»», estime le ministre de l’Education nationale, Jean-Michel Blanquer.

The black point lies in level differences between schoolchildren of establishments located in priority areas (REP and REP +) and the others.