MENU. Coronavirus: 29,065 deaths in France, update by department

The epidemic of coronavirus has caused 44 new deaths in hospitals in France, bringing the total death toll to 29,065 since the start of the epidemic, according to the daily report released by the Ministry of Health. This assessment does not include deaths in social and medico-social establishments during the past 24 hours, the next … Read more

Deconfinement: how to calculate the distance of 100 km authorized after May 11?

Question asked by Baratelli on 02/05/2020 Hello, From Monday 11 May, travel will be allowed within a limit of 100 kilometers. Edouard Philippe announced it in his address to parliamentarians last week: “It will again be possible to move freely, without a certificate, except […] for trips more than 100 km from home. “ We … Read more

CARDS. Coronavirus: 28,022 deaths in France, update by department

According to a new report published by the Directorate General of Health, this Tuesday May 19 in the evening, France recorded 28,022 deaths related to coronavirus, since March 1st. A total lower than that announced on Monday (28,239 dead). A differentiation of 217 deaths which results from adjustments in the reporting of data from regional … Read more

Covid-19: on the trail of the enigmatic “patient zero”

What if the coronavirus epidemic had started in France well before the end of January? “The first cases of Covid-19? We will surely have surprises ”, says Professor William Dab, former director general of health. “The first cases surely occurred well before the start of 2020, contrary to what we initially thought, abounds Dominique Costagliola, … Read more

“Understanding the effect of confinement on living conditions”

Articulate health data and social conditions: since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic in France, no study had been launched to jointly assess the two aspects of the epidemic, and even less on the scale of the whole population. Co-led by sociologist Nathalie Bajos, director of research at Inserm, and Josiane Warszawski, epidemiologist at Inserm, … Read more

The lasting decline in intensive care cases in three graphs

This was one of the main reasons for the confinement and one of the major objectives of these weeks to “remain[r] in [soi]”This has been going on since early April. The saturation of French hospitals, and in particular of the intensive care units where all the serious cases of coronavirus are found, has been decreasing … Read more

For the independence of the Labor Inspectorate and the immediate reinstatement of Anthony Smith

Grandstand. Since April 15, 2020, Anthony Smith, labor inspector of the Marne department, former secretary general of the CGT-TEFP and member of his national office, representing labor inspectors at the National Council of Labor Inspection, can no longer exercise its missions to protect the health and safety of workers. He was indeed laid off by … Read more

Germany: Christian Drosten, a very discreet “mister corona”

“Which virologist do you trust the most?” asked the tabloid Bild to its readers, on April 3. The 60,000 participants in the survey did not hesitate: Christian Drosten is the undisputed champion, the favorite of the public. At 48, the director of the virology department of the Berlin University Hospital of Charity already has an … Read more

In Rodez, the epidemic makes the future of diesel workers even more uncertain

Will reopen, not reopen? At the Bosch factory in Onet-le-Château, near Rodez, since the start of the health crisis, the question arises every week. On the one hand, the factory management ensures that sufficient barrier gestures are put in place, with distances of one meter between employees and a gradual restart workshop by workshop to … Read more

Greece: at Teleperformance, worry on the phone

“Every day, I have a lump in my stomach as soon as I wake up. I’m scared to go to work “, explains Anne (1). This 20-year-old Frenchwoman works at Teleperformance in Athens. She is one of those voices who, from a telephone platform, provide technical assistance or after-sales service for international brands. Apple, Hewlett … Read more