Covid-19: Emmanuel Macron’s daring gamble
Viewpoint- By announcing the return to freedom after a year of confinement and various restrictions, did the President of the Republic take the risk of a new outbreak of the virus? Decryption.
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Covid: the Indian variant worries the world
The epidemic is out of control in India where three variants have merged to form a triple mutant that is more contagious than the original virus and resistant to current vaccines. Several countries including France are taking drastic precautions against India. But the Indian variant is already in Europe.
An incredible algae against Covid!
A team of researchers would have confirmed a preventive anti-Covid treatment by nasal route reducing by 80% the risk of contracting the disease! Explanations with two experts.
Vaccination: the comfortable remuneration of doctors
To put an end to the “windfall effect” of vaccination for health professionals, the French health insurance system has introduced a fixed fee per session since April 15.
General mobilization of health professionals in Grand Est
Faced with the acceleration of the epidemic, the ARS Grand Est encourages all health professionals to come and support the health institutions.
Vaccines: side effects explode in Touraine
In a few weeks, the Regional Pharmacovigilance Center of Tours has been flooded with reports of adverse reactions to the AstraZeneca vaccine. Worrying!
Macron closes schools for three weeks
The President of the Republic calls on the French to make an extra effort to keep the epidemic under control. He also suggests that the end of the tunnel will be reached by the end of May 2021 with a gradual return to normal and an acceleration of vaccination for all.
Covid-19: Red alert in April
The peak of the 3rd wave is expected on April 18, 2021, according to mathematical projections by the University of Washington’s IHME, when there could be more than 600 deaths per day in saturated hospitals.
ROHM Route: The anti-COVID citizens’ initiative
A Citizen’s Network continues to collect Hand Hygiene Observations (HHOs) in a fun and informative way via an online questionnaire: participate to raise awareness! A new questionnaire
The NGO ONE denounces the lack of access to vaccines in poor countries
ONE, the NGO fighting extreme poverty and preventable disease, has enlisted artists from around the world to play the characters in Pandemica, an animated mini-series that exposes inequities in access to Covid-19 vaccines.
Covid-19: Schools as breeding grounds?
Viewpoint. Should schools be closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus or not?
Barometer “hygiene and precariousness in France
Hygiene insecurity is a factor of social exclusion that persists and worsens among the most vulnerable. Today, three million French people go without basic hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toilet paper…