VIDEO – “With the vaccine pass, we are in the political maneuver”, says Professor Eric Caumes

“With the vaccination pass, we are in the political maneuver”, said the doctor. And to add: “This vaccine pass is made to stigmatize the non-vaccinated. And then, the virus circulating so much in the population, the concern is to convince the non-vaccinated”. “The electoral campaign skews the debate. Our electoral campaign is amputated with the … Read more

LIVE – Covid-19: more than 300,000 cases in 24 hours, the hospital under pressure

MANIFESTATIONS Several demonstrations against the vaccine pass project took place on Saturday across France, mainly in calm, a few days after Emmanuel Macron’s controversial statements on the unvaccinated, whom he wants to “piss off”. Paris has seen several demonstrations, the most important of which brought together a few thousand people at the call of the … Read more

Covid-19: the DGS recommends prioritizing screening tests

– – ADAPTATION – Faced with saturation, the Directorate General of Health asks health professionals to test as a priority symptomatic people and contacts at risk, those who have a medical prescription or those who have already performed a self-test, the result of which is is positive. A directive not so easy to implement. E.Ro … Read more

Covid: a minute of silence observed by caregivers to alert on “the announced death of the public hospital”

MOBILIZATION – An apolitical initiative, launched last month in Alsace, is gaining more and more hospitals: this Friday, several nursing staff and users of public hospitals observed a minute of silence, worried about the situation of health centers facing to a galloping epidemic. LCI editorial staff (with AFP) – 2022-01-07T18:35:10.828+01:00 — No slogan or banner, … Read more

Corsica: intensive care services overwhelmed, patients transferred to Brittany

STATE OF PLAY – While the Omicron wave is sweeping through France, intensive care units are already overwhelmed in Corsica. In Bastia, Wednesday, no more beds were available, forcing the transfer of two patients to Brittany. AL – 2021-12-30T13:45:37.431+01:00 — The situation is deteriorating everywhere in France and particularly in Corsica where the incidence rate … Read more

5th wave and Omicron: strengthening of sanitary pass controls

2021-12-22T20:04:11.000+01:00 — As for customers, they also have to prove their identity. “In December, we started to carry out repressive checks, which are intensifying more and more at the end of the month”, recalls Captain Gabillard, second in command of the gendarmerie companion of Istres (Bouches-du- Rhône). To strengthen controls deemed ineffective by the Prime … Read more

Covid-19: the rules for travel change this Saturday

– – IN BRIEF – Flights with southern Africa resume with “drastic supervision” this Saturday, the date of entry into force of new rules for returning from abroad and going there in the face of the spread of the Omicron variant. A. LG – 2021-12-04T11:37:27.943+01:00 — While the number of cases of Omicron variant infection … Read more

Norway: a company party turns to the probable outbreak of the Omicron variant, half of the guests infected

MUTATION – A festive evening in the Norwegian capital has turned into a probable focus of infection with the Omicron variant, heightening fears over its high transmissibility and resistance to vaccines. A. LG – 2021-12-04T09:21:21.204+01:00 — A week after a company party that took place on November 26 in Oslo, the atmosphere was no longer … Read more

LIVE – Vaccination: “People who do not want to take the booster dose are playing a dangerous game”, believes Arnaud Fontanet

WALL STREET ENDS DOWN The New York Stock Exchange ended sharply lower on Wednesday, recalled to the Omicron variant by the first reported case in the United States, while continuing to digest the renewed firmness of the American Central Bank (Fed). The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 1.34% to 34,022.04 points, the high-tech Nasdaq fell … Read more

LIVE – Covid-19: a first case of the Omicron variant detected in the United States

WALL STREET ENDS DOWN The New York Stock Exchange ended sharply lower on Wednesday, recalled to the Omicron variant by the first reported case in the United States, while continuing to digest the renewed firmness of the American Central Bank (Fed). The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 1.34% to 34,022.04 points, the high-tech Nasdaq fell … Read more