In France
Balance sheet. Health indicators for the coronavirus pandemic continue to follow a positive trend in France. Friday night’s toll reported 46 new hospital deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total number of officially registered deaths to 29,111. Evidence that tension is easing and that the epidemic is now “Controlled”, as the president of the Scientific Council said on Friday morning, there will be no new report published this weekend. “The next update of the epidemiological monitoring figures will take place Monday, June 8”, said the Directorate General of Health.
Intensive care. The number of serious resuscitation patients is close to falling below the symbolic bar of 1,000, continuing its daily decrease that began in mid-April. Half of the “shea” patients are in Ile-de-France, and the third quarter in the Grand-Est, Hauts-de-France or Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Conversely, there are only a handful of serious cases in Brittany, the Pays-de-la-Loire or Normandy.
Generalists. What tribute did liberal doctors pay to the Covid epidemic? A study by SOS Doctors estimates that 16% of its 1,300 doctors have been infected, including 20% in Paris. This level of contamination is significantly higher than that of doctors in health establishments (hospitals in particular) affected up to 10% according to Public Health France. The association says it does not regret any deaths in its teams, but seven people have been hospitalized for a serious form of Covid-19, three of which are still in severe condition.
Versailles. One of the most visited tourist spots in the world, the Palace of Versailles reopens on Saturday after more than 82 days of confinement, without the Americans and Asians who made up 30% of its visitors.
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– Chateau de Versailles (@CVersailles) June 6, 2020
In the world
Balance sheet. Nearly 400,000 people have died worldwide from the coronavirus since its appearance in December in China, for 6.8 million cases of infection officially diagnosed in 196 countries and territories, according to a report carried out by the AFP on Saturday midday. The United States is by far the most affected country with 109,143 deaths, followed by the United Kingdom (40,261 dead), Brazil (35,026) and Italy (33,774).
Hydroxychloroquine. Scientific twist. Hydroxychloroquine does not show “no beneficial effect“For patients hospitalized because of Covid-19, according to this time the heads of the British clinical trial Recovery. They announced an immediate end to the inclusion of new patients for this treatment. Recovery, a major clinical trial whose results were eagerly awaited, was one of the only ones to have not suspended its tests on hydroxychloroquine after a controversial study of Lancet, since withdrawn, which pointed to the ineffectiveness or even the harmful effect of the controversial molecule.
Brazil. President Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to leave the World Health Organization (WHO) – like Donald Trump before him – whom he accuses of “Ideological bias” : “We don’t need outside people to give our feelings about health here”.
United States. Unemployment fell in May despite the pandemic, thwarting all forecasts, falling to 13.3%, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. In addition, 2.5 million jobs were created last month. Analysts were expecting a rising unemployment rate close to 20%, while many businesses were still closed due to containment.
Iran. President Hassan Rohani warned on Saturday that the fight against covid-19 was still far from being won and called on his compatriots to prepare for life “long time” with the virus. At a weekly meeting of the National Pandemic Control Committee, he explained that you shouldn’t believe that “This disease will be eliminated in 15 days or a month: we must therefore follow the (health) instructions for a long time”. “We don’t have a second path ahead of us: we have to work, our factories have to be active, the stores have to be open […], and the fight against the virus must also continue. ”
Olympic Games. A senior IOC official, President of the Belgian Olympic Committee Pierre-Olivier Beckers, said he was “convinced»That the Tokyo Olympics “Will begin on July 23, 2021”, as much as he was convinced that “The Games will take place in 2021 or they will not take place”. “It is, indeed, unthinkable to hold at arm’s length such a project longer, with colossal costs and thousands of people mobilized”, he said. “In addition, it is essential to resume the normal sports calendar, in order to allow major events to regain their place. All sports federations had to adapt to the postponement of the Games. We cannot imagine such a upheaval a second time. ” This week, he governor of Tokyo proposed to “simplify” the organization of the Olympic Games.
Egypt. The International Monetary Fund and the Government of Egypt have reached an agreement in principle on providing emergency assistance of $ 5.2 billion in emergency assistance to respond to the pandemic. This emergency aid along with a 12-month economic reform program will be provided as part of what the Fund calls a standby agreement, the basic financial instrument of the Bretton Woods institution.
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