03/28 at 23:56
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03/28 at 23:36
Angela Merkel urges Länders to enforce restrictions
Angela Merkel sternly called to order the regional states and urged them to apply the restrictions to fight the third wave of the pandemic.
“We must now put in place the appropriate measures very seriously. However, some states are doing it, others are not doing it yet”, annoyed the leader during a televised interview.
Several Länder have indeed announced relaxation projects.
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03/28 at 11:01 PM
Kosovo received its first doses of vaccine
Kosovo received its first batch of anti-Covid-19 vaccines on Sunday, doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine obtained through Covax, the system intended to supply underprivileged countries.
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03/28 at 8:39 PM
Nearly 7.8 million people have received at least one dose of vaccine in France
7,792,945 people have received at least one injection of the Covid-19 vaccine in France, according to the Ministry of Health.
2,674,867 people also received both doses.
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03/28 at 8:11 PM
Véran to the AP-HP crisis directors: “the measures must be taken in due time”
Olivier Véran spoke this Sunday by videoconference with the AP-HP crisis directors.
According to the Ministry of Health, the minister assured them that “the government is fully aware of the epidemic situation in the country” but that “measures must be taken in due time”.
Olivier Véran finally assured them “of the support of the Government and the French population”.
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03/28 at 19:55
For Rémi Salomon (AP-HP), “we are not going to have any other choice than that of confinement”
The president of the AP-HP establishment medical commission estimated that the authorities will have no other choice but to establish a new confinement.
“I think that in two to three four weeks we will already have effects if it is well applied,” said Rémi Salomon who does not see “how we could do otherwise” than announcing confinement.
Rémi Salomon finally declared that “at the end of spring, we will be in a much more favorable situation”, in particular thanks to the vaccination.
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03/28 at 19:33
Rémi Salomon believes that schools must be closed “before the Easter holidays”
Rémi Salomon considers that the current health situation is such that it is necessary “to press on all fronts, including that of the school, but it will be necessary to reopen as quickly as possible”.
“We must close before the Easter holidays […] but in any case it will be necessary to reopen them very quickly “, estimated the president of the medical commission of establishment of the AP-HP
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03/28 at 19:14
Rémi Salomon (AP-HP) believes that the braking measures will have little effect
The president of the AP-HP establishment medical commission estimated this Sunday evening on BFMTV that the braking measures taken for the 19 departments where the virus circulates the most will have little effect on the epidemic.
“The general feeling is that of a very big worry, of a very big anxiety about what will happen”, declared Rémi Salomon, “anxiety to see this third wave more violent than the first two”.
Asked about the forum of the 41 crisis directors of the AP-HP who say they are preparing to sort the patients, Rémi Salomon indicated that “we risk finding ourselves within 15 days in a situation of real overflow”.
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03/28 at 6:37 PM
A new partial containment in Slovenia
The Slovenian authorities have announced the establishment of a new partial containment and a tightening of measures while neighboring countries are facing an “alarming situation”.
Non-essential stores, cultural and religious institutions will be closed from April 1 to 12, gatherings prohibited and travel limited to his region of residence.
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03/28 at 5:40 PM
Nearly 4,900 patients in sheaves, the peak of the 2nd wave almost reached
In total, 4,872 patients were in intensive care on Sunday against 4,791 on Saturday. A figure which is close to that of the 2nd wave in the fall which peaked on November 16 at 4903 patients.
In the past 24 hours, ICU admissions have slowed slightly to 238 from 332 patients the day before.
The number of patients in intensive care has been rising steadily since the lowest recorded on January 7 (2,573 patients)
The total number of people hospitalized in France because of Covid-19 was 27,712 on Sunday, including 1,017 new admissions against 27,259 on Saturday.
In 24 hours, 131 patients died in hospital as a result of Covid-19, against 194 the day before.
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03/28 at 4:28 PM
Lycée de Drancy strongly affected by Covid-19: 22 classes closed from Monday
From Monday, 22 classes will be closed in the Eugène Delacroix high school in Drancy, in Seine-Saint-Denis, Daniel Auverlot, the rector of the Créteil academy, said on Sunday at a press conference.
“The academy inspector and his assistants will move around the establishment to take the full measure of things and see if there are additional evictions to be done and to discuss with the staff,” he said.
Massive detection of Covid-19 cases will be carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday in the establishment.
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03/28 at 2:48 PM
Marine Le Pen in favor of the closure of schools
Marine Le Pen estimated this Sunday that the government could no longer “do otherwise” than close schools “rather than wait for classes to close one after the other” in the face of the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic.
“In the current situation, we cannot do otherwise” than close the schools. The Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer “says it himself: every time there is a case, we will close the classes, therefore all the classes will close,” said the president of the National Rally in the show Sunday in politics on France 3.
“As much to bring forward the date of the holidays, perhaps to create a form of crawl space, rather than waiting for the classes to close one after the other,” she added.
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03/28 at 1:00 p.m.
An infectious disease specialist reports a situation “much harder than during the 1st wave”
“Today, the problem is an extremely strong saturation of capital and resuscitation”, worried this Sunday the infectious disease specialist Benjamin Davido, on BFMTV. Saturday night, 4,791 people were hospitalized in intensive care due to Covid-19, approaching the peak of the second wave in the fall, which was 4903 patients.
“The reality is that compared to last March, it is that today these same resuscitations are at more than 120% of bed occupancy because there are non-Covid patients. at some point, we don’t want to have to sort out between a myocardial infarction and a Covid patient, “he continued.
“Today the situation is much harsher even than during the first wave, and the essence of the Hippocratic Oath is not to make a choice.”
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03/28 at 12:23
The news concerning Roselyne Bachelot are “reassuring”, according to Christophe Castaner
Asked about the state of health of the Minister of Culture, sick with Covid-19, hospitalized and placed Thursday under “enhanced oxygenation”, Christophe Castaner indicated on BFMTV that “the news (concerning Roselyne Bachelot, editor’s note) is reassuring” .
“I had news at the start of the weekend, it was reassuring,” he said.
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03/28 at 12:14
Castaner says “health is the national priority”
Invited this Sunday from BFM Politics on BFMTV, the president of the LaREM group in the National Assembly Christophe Castaner affirms that “health is the national priority”. “He must continue to guide our steps,” he said, adding that the closure of schools “must be the last decision”.
“It is not excluded, but it must be the final decision”, said the leader of the deputies LaREM, according to whom “the government does not exclude it”.
Asked about the criticisms against the executive and its decision not to reconfine the country in January, Christophe Castaner considered that “the Prime Minister and the President were right” to act thus.
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03/28 at 11:36
Gérald Darmanin takes stock of the control measures this weekend
Traveling on the ground in Arras (Pas-de-Calais), alongside gendarmes responsible for carrying out checks on compliance with restrictive measures, Gérald Darmanin said that the police “are stepping up checks” . “350,000 checks took place last week,” said the minister.
90.00 ORD forces are mobilized this weekend to carry out these checks.
“If these measures are taken, it is not to annoy the French,” assured the Minister of the Interior.
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03/28 at 10:40
In Drancy, around twenty deaths among the families of high school students
The teachers of the Eugène Delacroix high school in Drancy, in Seine-Saint-Denis, sent on Thursday a letter to Emmanuel Macron to demand the closure of their establishment, where cases of Covid-19 are increasing. In this letter, the teachers denounce in particular an “alarming health situation”.
Since the start of the holidays, on March 1, “50 students have tested positive”, not counting the contact cases, “two positive cases” have been identified among the management team as well as “15 confirmed positive cases among the teachers “, plus” 15 contact cases “. About twenty deaths among the families of the students have been recorded.
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03/28 at 10:38
The Scientific Council will give its opinion on a possible postponement of regional
The opinion of the Scientific Council on a possible postponement of the regional and departmental elections, scheduled for June 13 and 20, is expected this Sunday on the Prime Minister’s office.
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03/28 at 10:35
In Paris, district mayors call to vaccinate teachers from next week
In the 19 departments affected by new restrictions, including Île-de-France, “from now on we will close each class at the first case of contamination“, announced Friday the Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer.
While 148 establishments were closed on Friday, against 80 on March 19, several mayors of the arrondissements of Paris, members of the Changer Paris group, questioned the government on Saturday, calling for to vaccinate educational staff as quickly as possible in order to avoid class closings.
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03/28 at 8:58
Health protocol in schools: what changes from next week
Faced with the worsening of the Covid-19 epidemic in France, and in particular in schools, the government has taken a series of measures to limit the circulation of the virus. The full update on what’s going to change from next week:
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03/28 at 7:59
Towards a new turn of the screw? Emmanuel Macron ensures that “nothing is decided”
The head of state gave an interview to Sunday newspaper, in which he mentions in particular the strategy adopted so far in the face of the virus.
“For the next few days, we will look at the effectiveness of the braking measures and if necessary we will take the necessary ones. But at this time nothing has been decided”, underlines the Head of State in this interview carried out Friday evening, while the health situation is again qualified as “critical” by the executive.
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03/28 at 7:58
Forty AP-HP crisis directors say they are preparing to triage patients
In a column published in the Sunday newspaper, 41 AP-HP crisis medical directors estimate that the care capacities for Covid patients will be exceeded within a fortnight.
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03/28 at 7:57 AM
