In the past twenty-four hours, 7,017 positive coronavirus tests and 26 deaths have been recorded, according to figures released, Wednesday, September 2, by Public health France.
This assessment marks an acceleration compared to the 5,000 new cases recorded the day before but it is comparable to the level of Friday (7,319). The test positivity rate (proportion of the number of people tested positive in relation to the total number of people tested) is identical to that of the day before (4.3%). The Directorate General of Health (DGS) announces for its part that over the last seven days, more than a million tests (1,004,859) have been carried out, the target set by the government.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care continues to increase, with 22 additional people (446 in total). In twenty-four hours, 26 additional patients died in France, bringing the toll of Covid-19 victims to 30,686 since the start of the epidemic.
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The L1 wants to maintain the matches “as long as 20 players per squad are negative”
Professional football clubs (LFP), in favor of a “Development” of the medical protocol, hope to see Ligue 1 matches maintained “As long as 20 players” of each team “Are negative” to Covid-19, said Didier Quillot, the executive director general of the League. A board of directors of the LFP, Wednesday, “Adopted the principle (…) of a rule which would say that as long as 20 players in the squad are negative, then the match can be maintained”, explained Didier Quillot.
While the medical protocol currently in force calls into question the holding of a match from four cases of Covid-19 contamination in a team, the clubs are indeed hoping for an easing from the authorities.
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Bas-Rhin: a prefectural decree to be reviewed
Faced with health developments in the dense areas of Bas-Rhin, Josiane Chevalier, prefect of the Grand-Est region and Bas-Rhin, had decided to make it compulsory from Saturday to wear a mask in municipalities over 10,000 inhabitants of the department.
On Wednesday September 2, the Strasbourg administrative court, seized in summary proceedings by two Strasbourg hospital practitioners, told him “Enjoin” to substantially review its decree which imposed the general wearing of masks in Strasbourg and in the twelve other towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants of the department.
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The prefecture has until “Monday September 7 at 12 noon” to issue a new decree excluding the municipalities and “Hourly periods” which are not characterized “By a high population density” or “Local circumstances likely to favor dissemination” of the new coronavirus, specifies the court, adding that in the absence of a new decree, the current “Will be automatically suspended”.
The offending decree, which was to apply until September 30, “Immediately affects the freedom to come and go and the personal freedom of people called upon to move” in the municipalities concerned, pointed out the court.
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Mask compulsory until October 31 in Rennes
The obligation to wear a mask in the city center of Rennes and in certain towns of the department, which began on August 8, is extended until October 31, announced the prefecture of Ille-et-Vilaine.
Besides Rennes, this decree also applies to three other tourist towns in the department, Saint-Malo, Cancale and Vitré. The prefecture specifies in its press release that wearing a mask does not apply to users of bicycles or scooters.
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A mobile screening service in Ile-de-France
For its part, the Ile-de-France region launched a truck service on Wednesday that offers Ile-de-France residents, until the end of September, free Covid-19 screening tests without an appointment.
The two vehicles can each perform up to 200 tests per day and are “Accessible six days a week, from Monday to Saturday”, details in a press release the region chaired by Valérie Pécresse. The passage of these trucks is planned in the candidate cities of Ile-de-France. Saint-Ouen, Chelles or even Grigny are among the first stages.
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: two schools closed
A member of the teaching team of a private primary school in Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d’Or, in the Lyon metropolis, has tested positive for Covid-19. “As a precautionary measure, the regional health agency (ARS) has recommended the isolation of the entire teaching team”, announced the rectorate, confirming information from France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
In Siaugues-Sainte-Marie, in Haute-Loire, a public school, comprising four classes, was also closed Wednesday after the detection of a case of Covid, announced the prefecture of the department in a press release. Screening must be organized: negative students will return to school on September 10, the others will have to wait until September 14.
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