Live. Covid-19: the delisting of tests, a “disguised vaccine obligation” according to the defender of rights – Le Progrès

9:33 am: Beijing offers a third dose to its inhabitants in the run-up to the Olympics

The city of Beijing now offers its inhabitants to be injected with a third dose of anti-Covid vaccine, a local media said on Wednesday, a few months before the Winter Olympics organized in the Chinese capital. China had fully vaccinated by mid-September more than a billion people (78% of the population), according to the Ministry of Health, thanks to Chinese vaccines from manufacturers Sinovac and Sinopharm. But doubts remain about the effectiveness of these vaccines against the new variants of the coronavirus.

9:01 am: The Defender of Rights is “worried” about the delisting of tests

The Defender of Rights, Claire Hédon, said on Wednesday she was “concerned” by the end of the reimbursement of the Covid-19 screening tests, which can be compared according to her to a “disguised vaccine obligation”. Since October 15, tests are no longer reimbursed for people who are not fully vaccinated, with some exceptions (medical prescription, case of contact, recent positive test, contraindication to the vaccine).

8:56 am: The Gates Foundation invests $ 120 million for access to the anti-Covid pill

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Wednesday announced an investment of up to $ 120 million to facilitate poor countries’ access to promising treatment for Covid-19 in pill form. The American laboratory Merck has developed a drug, molnupiravir, which greatly reduces the risk of hospitalization and death when taken in the first days of infection. This treatment with tablets, which is therefore easy to administer, offers a much awaited alternative to vaccines, in particular for countries experiencing difficulties in accessing the latter. Its authorization is currently under evaluation by the United States Medicines Agency (FDA).

8:52 am: Pfizer vaccine easier to use by end of year or early next year

David Lepoittevin, head of vaccine activity at Pfizer France, said Wednesday, on RTL, that the laboratory is developing a vaccine “with much more ease of use (…) by the end of the ‘year, beginning of next year “.

7:49 am: “We can do the two vaccines at the same time, the flu vaccine and the Covid vaccine”

“We have completely forgotten the” test, trace, isolate. It is a serious error, “lamented Professor Gilbert Deray, head of the nephrology service at Pitié-Salpêtrière, in Paris, this Wednesday morning on RMC.

While the campaign for the flu vaccination will begin on Friday, he recalled that “we can do both vaccines at the same time: that of the flu and the third dose of vaccine against the Covid”, he said. precise

7:19 am: The Brazilian Senate will request the indictment of President Jair Bolsonaro for “homicide”

In a text relayed Tuesday by the Brazilian media, the rapporteur of the senatorial commission of inquiry on the management of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil, Renan Calheiros, recommends that the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro be charged with ” homicide”. The senator listed 11 charges against the head of state, including “homicide by omission”, “charlatanism” and “crime against humanity”, explains the daily.

7:22 am: Health pass in the face of the surge in cases in Bulgaria

Bulgaria, dunce of vaccination within the European Union, announced the establishment of a health pass to try to counter the sharp increase in the number of cases of Covid-19. This certificate will come into force Thursday in restaurants and hotels as well as in cultural places, sports halls and sporting events.

7:15 am: Mexico accuses WHO of “negligence” in not approving Sputnik

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of “negligence” for its refusal to approve the Russian vaccine Sputnik V and a Chinese serum. He compared the WHO to a “bottleneck”. “They have been on this for a long time (…), I would say that it is rather negligence”, he reproached.

7:07 am: Mandatory vaccination for elected officials of the House of Commons in Canada

Canadian parliamentarians will need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to sit in the House of Commons from the end of November. This new requirement will apply to Members of Parliament and their staff, but also to office workers, journalists, contractors and consultants.

6:22 am: London monitors a Delta subvariant

The British government, faced with an increase in Covid-19 contamination, said on Tuesday to “monitor very closely” a new subvariant spreading in the United Kingdom, without it being established as it is if it is more contagious. The emergence of this new variant despite the very strong contagiousness of the Delta, which tends to rule out new strains, raises fears of an even greater transmissibility. It comes as the United Kingdom, which deplores nearly 139,000 deaths from Covid-19, is faced with a growing number of positive cases, now exceeding 40,000 each day, an incidence rate much higher than in the rest from Europe.

6:03 am: Daily record of deaths in Ukraine

Ukraine recorded 538 deaths from Covid-19 on Tuesday in the last 24 hours, a record in this eastern European country hit by a new epidemic wave aggravated by a sluggish vaccination.

5:50 am: Will the sanitary pass be required this winter for ski lifts in the mountains?

The Secretary of State in charge of Tourism Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said Tuesday that the obligation of the sanitary pass for mountain lifts for the end of the year holidays was “an ongoing reflection”.

Currently, resorts that are already open, such as Tignes in the Alps, “are in common law, that is to say that if you go to a restaurant in a resort, you will be asked for your health pass, if you go to a nightclub, you will be asked for your health pass. will ask for the health pass “, according to the Secretary of State, adding:” the pass should not be excluded because it allows you to remain open no matter what “. More information in our article.

5:47 am: “The epidemic is starting to gain ground again”

According to figures from Public Health France, 6,483 Covid patients were hospitalized on Tuesday, up slightly from Monday (6,468). In critical care services, they were currently 1,046 to be treated for coronavirus infection, a little less than the day before (1,049).

“The epidemic is starting to gain ground again. That there is a very slight recovery, that could be expected, what is needed is to be vigilant,” the government spokesman told RTL on Tuesday morning. Gabriel Attal. But “it is much too early” to speak of a fifth wave, he reassured. A new Covid defense council is being held this Wednesday.

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