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France is preparing for the likely peak of the coronavirus epidemic. The balance sheet continued to progress strongly, with a total of now more than 3,000 deaths and more than 5,000 patients in intensive care on Monday evening. In the world, the United States has become the most affected country in number of cases, with New York City as its epicenter. Follow the situation live
Information to remember:
- The epidemic has killed more than 3,000 in France, according to the latest report
- Emmanuel Macron visits a mask factory near Angers, Tuesday morning
- Coronavirus has killed more than 36,000 people worldwide, as concern rises in the United States
Over 3,000 dead in France
France had another dark day on Monday, with more than 400 deaths in 24 hours, the largest increase since the start of the epidemic. More than 3,000 people have died in total, while more than 5,000 patients are currently in intensive care. Hospital services are under severe strain, especially in the Grand Est and in Île-de-France, which is about to face a peak of epidemic this week.
Faced with the spread of the virus, confinement has entered its third week and will last, at least, until April 15.
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Emmanuel Macron to visit a mask factory
The government is facing increasing criticism of the lack of protection for health care workers and the police. The executive announced this weekend the order of more than a billion masks and the establishment of airlift from China to transport them and cope with the shortage. As a sign that this question is a major issue, President Emmanuel Macron will visit this Tuesday morning at a mask factory near Angers.
At the same time, hospitals in several regions are also finding a lack of respirators, as in the Grand Est. "We have been promised respirators for weeks, but we do not see anything happening. This is what is painful," protested the president of the region, Jean Rottner, Monday night on Europe 1.
Possible "serious side effects" on certain drugs, including chloroquine
The other hot debate of the moment concerns chloroquine, this drug that divides the scientific and medical community. The Medicines Agency (ANSM) alerted Monday night to the serious adverse effects of the treatments tested against Covid-19, while three deaths potentially linked to these treatments were reported.
These side effects have been reported in patients with coronavirus treated with Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine), but also other medicines such as Kaletra (an antiretroviral combining lopinavir / ritonavir). Analyzes are still underway to verify whether the reported events are attributable to the treatment received by the patients or not.
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More than 36,000 dead worldwide, the United States is preparing
Like France, Europe is preparing to face the peak of the epidemic in the coming days. The milestone of 11,000 dead has been crossed in Italy, but the rise in new positive cases announced on Monday has never been lower. The same is true in Spain, with more than 7,000 deaths but which is also experiencing a continuous slowdown in the number of deaths, suggesting that the peak of the epidemic is near. In the meantime, vigilance remains essential and the containment measures still just as drastic.
But concern is now spreading to the United States, which has become the most affected country in the world in number of cases, with more than 150,000 contaminations for nearly 3,000 deaths. New York is the epicenter (more than 36,000 cases and 790 deaths) and is now going to war. A field hospital has been set up in Central Park, and a military ship has arrived in the city's harbor to relieve hospitals already close to saturation, while the peak of the epidemic is not expected on the other side of the Atlantic. 'here two to three weeks.
In total, the coronavirus has killed 36,000 people worldwide, and more than 750,000 infections.