Covid-19: the number of hospitalizations still slightly down, 43 fewer patients in 24 hours

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The Delta variant continues its galloping progression in France and explodes Covid-19 contaminations with 18,000 cases in 24 hours on Tuesday. In this context, the French must since this Wednesday present proof of vaccination or a negative test to go to the cinema, to the museum or to sports establishments.

10:25 a.m. Arsenal cancels its trip to the United States. The English club, affected by “a small number” of positive Covid-19 cases in its delegation, announces that it is giving up going to the United States where it was to participate in the Florida Cup. The Gunners did not say if any players were affected.

10 hours. Wearing a mask is still compulsory in some cinemas. Despite the new decree published in the official journal, lifting the obligation to wear a mask in certain places accessible via the health pass, most major cinemas (Pathé Gaumont, UGC, MK2, etc.) announce that they intend to keep this obligation in their rooms, specifies the magazine of the cinematographic industry BoxOffice. "We have chosen to maintain the wearing of the mask and not to limit our gauges," said Olivier Labarthe, general manager of Megarama cinemas.

9:45 a.m. A Dutch skateboarder tested positive gives up the Olympics. Dutch skateboarder Candy Jacobs said she was "overwhelmed" by the news. “My Olympic adventure ends here. I feel healthy and I did everything to avoid this scenario, I took all the precautions. (…) I'm going to need a little time to digest my disappointment. On the way to Paris-2024”, she wrote.

9:35 a.m. The health pass soon to be compulsory at the National Assembly? According to L'Opinion, around fifty deputies of the majority table an amendment so that the health pass applies within the confines of the Palais Bourbon. "The National Assembly is a place of mixing of hundreds of people from different regions, it is a place particularly sensitive to contamination", they write in the explanatory memorandum. The President of the Assembly Richard Ferrand however expressed his opposition to the measure, which according to him would not pass the filter of the Constitutional Council.

9:25 a.m. Offenses during the first confinement. Nearly 1.2 million offenses were recorded by the police and the gendarmerie between March 17 and May 10, 2020, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior reported by journalist Alexandre Léchenet. Some disparities are notable on the territory: there are thus more than 30 offenses per 1000 inhabitants in the Alpes-Maritimes, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris and Mayotte, when the national average is around 17.8 offenses per 1000 inhabitants. In addition, some very rural departments, such as Lozère or Tarn, have only 8 offenses recorded per 1,000 inhabitants (605 in all for the entire department).

As the journalist points out, these figures do not rank the most disobedient departments during the first confinement, “but are above all a reflection of police activity”.

9:10 a.m. Scientists divided on the end of wearing a mask in places subject to health passes. Wearing a mask will no longer be compulsory for the public in places where entry is conditional on the presentation of a health pass. A measure that divides scientists. “You cannot exclude the fact of bringing an infected person into these places who will infect others”, judges Jérôme Marty, general practitioner and president of the French Union for Free Medicine (UFML) with Franceinfo.

8:55 a.m. Devices to avoid loss of income for workers in isolation. The government will propose devices to avoid the loss of income for civil servants, self-employed workers and employees placed in compulsory isolation because of their contamination, during the examination of the bill extending the health pass. The Minister of Health Olivier Véran announced that the government was going to table amendments during the session intended to exempt civil servants placed in solitary confinement from waiting days, and to introduce a system of daily allowances for the self-employed and employees in the same situation.

8:45 a.m. "How do you want us to meet there?" “, criticizes Gérard Larcher. The senator from Yvelines castigated the management of the health crisis by the government at the microphone of Franceinfo: “I have the feeling that many of our compatriots no longer understand anything, for example the decree which authorizes that we do not no longer wears the mask in certain indoor places in departments where the outdoor mask has just been made compulsory. It is probably justified with the incidence rate, but how do you expect us to find ourselves there? ".

8:40 a.m. Gérard Larcher on the health pass. “Of course, the health pass deprives us of certain freedoms, but wouldn’t the worst restriction be a return to curfew or confinement? We must keep this balance in mind, ”says the senator from Yvelines (LR) Gérard Larcher on Franceinfo.

8:30 a.m. Rise in cases in South Korea . South Korea reported a daily record of 1,784 Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, surpassing a record set last week as the country grapples with the Delta variant, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said.

8:20 a.m. “Yes to the health pass, no to the arbitrary pass”. Invited on RTL, the senator from Var (LR) Bruno Retailleau indicates that he will seize the Constitutional Council on the bill around the health pass. "We will seize with the centrist group in the Senate the Constitutional Council so that it can ensure that this law does not disregard the guarantees in terms of public freedoms", he specifies.

8:10 a.m. Comparison of vaccination in France and the United Kingdom. In France, nearly 70% of adults have received at least one dose of vaccine. This proportion rises to 70% in the United Kingdom, with 68% of people completely vaccinated and 20% of first injections.

8 hours. How the Covid-19 epidemic is racing in France. Figures not seen since the start of the epidemic, 18 months ago, keep falling. The virus and its Delta variant are progressing inexorably in France, and in particular in tourist areas. To read our decryption on the health situation in France.

7:50 a.m. Fear of the consequences of the health pass in sports halls. Asked about Franceinfo, Thierry Doll, president of FNEAPL France Active, the first employers' union in commercial sport, evokes his fear linked to the obligation of the health pass in theaters from this Wednesday. According to him, some members "have let it be known that if the health pass was put in place, they would request the termination of their subscription, or even their reimbursement". “We are waiting a week to see a little how it will happen and really quantify this phenomenon,” he added.

7:40 a.m. "For the hospital, the wave can be of the same magnitude", Judge Martin Hirsch. The director general of the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Martin Hirsch expressed his fear of a resurgence of the epidemic in Liberation. “At this stage, we are not seeing an increase in hospitalizations, but the number of hospitalized patients has stopped falling. The whole question is to know when the transmission will take place from the youngest to the seniors, ”he explained.

“During the second wave, the virus had spread among young people at the start of the school year then, in the space of a month, it spread among the over 60s, with rapid hospital translation. If this scenario were to happen again, we can fear the worst, even though almost half of the population is now vaccinated,” he believes, adding that “for the hospital, the wave may be the same. magnitude”.

7:35 a.m. Study in India. A survey in India found that 67% of the country's population had antibodies to Covid-19, up from 24% when the last survey was conducted in December-January, reports The Times of India. “The results clearly show that there is a glimmer of hope but it is not enough. We must maintain appropriate behavior in the face of Covid, ”says the director general of the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), Balram Bhargava.

7:25 a.m. At the Olympics, a first sportswoman forced into a package by the Covid. A Chilean taekwondo player, who tested positive on her arrival in Tokyo, was the first sportswoman to have to give up participating in the Games because of Covid-19, announces the Chilean Olympic Committee (COCH). Fernanda Aguirre, who came from Uzbekistan where she had prepared with her technical support, "is asymptomatic and in good health, but unfortunately will not be able to compete because the Japanese authorities impose a ten-day quarantine", underlines the COCH in a communicated.

7:15 a.m. Vote for a postponement of the health pass for teenagers. The deputies voted in committee on Tuesday evening for a postponement until the end of September of the implementation of the pass for 12-17 year olds. The measure could be debated again on Wednesday during the examination of the health bill in the hemicycle. The government had already exempted 12-17 year olds from a health pass until August 30.

7:05 a.m. “We are in a race against the virus”, recalls the WHO. Drawing a parallel with the Tokyo Olympics which open on Friday, WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls on governments, businesses and people around the world to unite in their "race" against the virus. "We are not in a race against each other, we are in a race against the virus", declared the general manager, believing that "to succeed in these Olympic Games, you need speed, strength and skill, but also determination, dedication and discipline".

6:55 a.m. In Tunisia, the Minister of Health sacked in the midst of an epidemic outbreak. Faouzi Mehdi was sacked on Tuesday evening, after the first day of an exceptional vaccination campaign open to all adults, at the height of the contamination peak. The government has been criticized for its handling of the epidemic, in particular after a government meeting in an upscale hotel with a swimming pool in Hammamet this weekend, despite traffic bans and while hospital leaders, in end, creaked.

6:47 a.m. In La Rochelle, the return of the mask does not only make people happy. Spared so far, the department of Charente-Maritime is facing an unprecedented epidemic outbreak. The mask has just been imposed again. A measure that weighs on some holidaymakers. Read our report on the spot.

6:40 a.m. Investigation of possible “shortcomings” during clinical trials at the IHU in Marseille. The Medicines Agency indicates that it is carrying out “investigations” concerning possible “breaches of the regulations for clinical trials” during studies on Covid-19 carried out at the IHU in Marseille, directed by Didier Raoult. At the start of the pandemic, several scientists familiar with medical articles were alarmed by the conditions for carrying out two studies signed by Professor Raoult, relating to the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19.

6:35 a.m. The Eiffel Tower will offer antigenic tests for the non-vaccinated. These tests will be free for French visitors, foreigners not residing in France will have to pay 25 euros. The decree was published Tuesday in the Official Journal. Read our article for all the details.

6:30 a.m. At the entrance to Parc Astérix, a test of 20 euros for non-vaccinated. As in all cultural places, it is now necessary to deal with the health pass. The management of the Plailly amusement park (Oise) will offer paid tests from this Wednesday for unvaccinated people. All the details can be found in our report.

6:25 a.m. Epidemic outbreak in Martinique. With 2,241 positive cases and five deaths between July 12 and 18, Martinique entered the 4th wave of the Covid-19 epidemic with an increase in the Delta variant, according to a report from the Regional Health Agency.

6:20 a.m. The health pass is now compulsory in places of culture. To go to the cinema, to the museum or to sports establishments, the French must now present proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test while the number of contaminations is exploding, due to the Delta variant, which is more contagious. Our article to read to find out everything that changes now with the extension of this health pass.

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