DIRECT. Covid-19: “We must keep the mask”, recommends Rémi Salomon – archyde

10:35 am. 2% of Covid patients among hospitalizations in 2020? This figure, relayed by many critics of the actions taken to fight against Covid-19, is quite correct. However, it does not say everything about a more complex hospital reality. We will explain everything to you in this article.

10:15 am. The pandemic, grave of dreams. The containment and cancellation of youth football tournaments have shattered the momentum of a generation of South American players, among the most coveted, who are struggling to move up the slope. A whole continent fears that this loss of talent will accentuate the European domination of football at the world level, while the last victory of a South American country in the World Cup dates back to 2002 (Brazil).

Many have missed their chances and will have to wait before participating in a World Cup or a Youth Copa America, showcases for recruiters looking for the next Messi, Maradona Where Pele. “The pandemic has interrupted our growth a bit, I was so anxious to play my first World Cup,” said Caio, a 17-year-old winger from Sao Paulo FC. The striker was one of the young Brazilians who were preparing to play in the 2021 World Under-17, in Peru.

9:50 a.m. It is blazing in Europe. Netherlands, Germany, Austria: the three countries are currently experiencing record incidence rates, and the situation is deteriorating in many other European countries. The explanations of our journalist to find below:

9:30 am. European tourists are feasting on New York again. After 20 months of closure of the American borders due to the pandemic, New York reopened its arms Monday to visitors from the Old Continent, even if the Big Apple will not regain its pre-crisis tourist effervescence until 2024. In recent days, the island of Manhattan has been much more lively.

“New York has always been a dream. When I heard about the reopening of the borders, I jumped at the chance and arrived directly on November 8, ”says Églantine Lasserre, a 40-year-old Bordeaux woman, in the midst of the famous backdrop of giant advertising screens from Times Square.

9:10. No masks? So open the windows … Or put the mask back on! “Beware of closed and confined places where the mask is removed”, alert Professor Didier Lepelletier in our columns. On FranceInfo this morning, the president of the medical establishment commission of the AP-HP Rémi Salomon goes even further: “The vaccine is effective, but not 100%. We must keep the mask, ”he recommends.

8:55 am. Several speeds in the vaccination obligation of caregivers in Europe. Some countries have taken the plunge, others are not considering such a measure. “It is not implemented in a harmonious way because this question refers to the notion of vaccine obligation in general, and countries have different cultures on this subject”, decrypt in this article Antoine Flahault, director of the Institute for Global Health in Geneva.

8:35 am. A little air! According to a study conducted by Le Parisien for ten days, in 17 indoor locations in Marseille, Toulouse, Paris and in the Parisian suburbs, the air is insufficiently renewed in enclosed spaces in one out of two cases. At a time when aeration appears to be a barrier gesture too often forgotten in this health crisis, our carbon dioxide (CO2) sensor has gone wild. Our report can be found here.

8:15 am. Belgium could vaccinate its 6-11 year olds. In an interview with RTBF on Thursday, Belgian Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke has indicated that he is in favor of the vaccination of Belgian children aged 6 to 11 years. “We are waiting for the green light from the European Agency. If there is a positive opinion, it must be done, ”he said.