AstraZeneca is currently working on a treatment. The first results are encouraging. The pharmaceutical group presents a product which greatly reduces the risks of severe forms. He could complete the vaccine for the most fragile people.
The principle of a vaccine is to make the body believe that the virus is coming and to make it produce antibodies. The, antibodies taken from people who have been ill are injected directly. In the form of one or more injections, which allows patients to protect themselves. If the virus arrives, it already has its antibodies.
The symptoms are then much less severe. Studies involving more than 5,000 people have shown a 77% reduced risk of having a severe form of Covid, according to the laboratory. The other advantage compared to the vaccine is to provide a longer immunity to very fragile people, for whom the vaccination is not sufficiently effective, such as people who have received a transplant, a bone marrow transplant, or cancer patients. Immunity would be 3 times longer than with the vaccine.
AstraZeneca intends to confirm its promising trials at the end of the year and has already submitted a file to the American authorities to use this treatment urgently next year.
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Fire in the Var – The fire is fixed but not yet extinguished in the Var. 7,100 hectares have gone up in smoke since Monday, the most serious fire since 2003 in the region. Wind is unfortunately expected this weekend in the south-east. Prevention, access to the Var forest is prohibited until Sunday evening. Firefighters are working day and night to avoid a recovery.
Antilles – In a few hours, the healthcare teams in Guadeloupe and Martinique will finally be able to hand over the baton to rest a little. Nearly 300 health professionals left the metropolis yesterday to pick them up. The Guadeloupe University Hospital is recalling all its staff because the Covid-10 epidemic is getting out of control on the island. Before taking off, caregivers in metropolitan France don’t really know what to expect.
Health pass – This Saturday August 21 is the 6th day of mobilization against the health pass. 200 gatherings are planned in the country, including 4 in Paris. Last week 215,000 people took to the streets.
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