In the spotlight: a first case of serious reinfection by the South African variant of the coronavirus in France
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French Health Minister Olivier Veran arrives to speak to the press in the courtyard of the prefecture during a visit to Metz, eastern France, on February 12, 2021. © AFP / Jean-Christophe Verhaegen
By: Norbert Navarro
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A first case of reinfection by the South African variant of the coronavirus in France ... more serious than the primary infection of the affected patient
Until now, it was the other way around.
This case of serious reinfection was described by French researchers.
And concern is starting to be felt in the press, because, as the
Figaro
website underlines
, “
cases of reinfection by variants, British, South African or Brazilian, have already been documented in the scientific literature, but most often, the second episode is less severe than the first
”.
But that was before ... In the Moselle department, in the far north-east of France, nearly three hundred cases of positive Covid-19 tests are linked to the South African and Brazilian variants
And on the spot, the schools "
hold their breath
", points
Le Parisien
, while the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, who went to Moselle yesterday, did not rule out the possibility of school closings to cope to this incomprehensible presence of cases of variants.
As
Liberation
reminds us
, the Moselle had already "
taken full force
" the first and the second wave.
More than 1,700 deaths from Covid in its hospitals: a "
sad record in the Grand-Est
".
It is now designated as “
the most affected
” by the arrival of variants, which are more contagious.
Visiting Metz yesterday, Olivier Véran said he was "
ready to act if necessary
" with additional restrictive measures, such as "
the closure of schools or a curfew on weekends
".
At the Ministry of Education, we assured Le
Parisien
last night
that "
if there is an" epidemic outbreak "and all classes must be closed," we will "
".
As this daily notes, this uncertainty "
annoys teachers
", who find "
the ambient vagueness
" regrettable
and who want "
to stop rambling the students
!"
".
In Italy, Mario Draghi is the providential man of a country once again in crisis
Scheduled for today, his swearing-in will have to gain confidence in Parliament next week.
Simple formalities, obviously, in a peninsula in disarray as in full recession, struck as it is by the coronavirus.
Precisely,
Liberation
welcomes the performance because Mario Draghi is succeeding in a new bet, "to
unite around the same government the very antagonistic Italian political parties
".
On the front page of
Le Figaro
, the former governor of the European Central Bank, who has therefore agreed to form a government, is presented as the man who “
makes national unity
”.
And not just politically.
Even before the confirmation of his appointment, the new president of the Italian Council, “
expected as the messiah
(…) works
miracles
, states, in a cardinal formula, this conservative daily.
"
Super Mario", as he is nicknamed in the financial markets, has already brought down the cost of Italian debt to its lowest
point, in fact points out
Le Figaro
.
The prospect of a government led by Mario Draghi has driven the interest rates Italy borrows to their all-time low.
"
Finally, in the "Olivier Duhamel affair", the adopted son of this political scientist accused of incest in Camille Kouchner's scandalous book, was heard yesterday by the police
Le
Parisien
announces this hearing, two hours during yesterday afternoon, by the police of the brigade for the protection of minors who heard this young man described as "
fragile
".
According to this daily, he indicated “
that he had not been abused by his adoptive father.
His sister, also adopted in Chile
(by the couple Olivier Duhamel-Evelyne Pisier),
had already been heard by the police on February 8,
”adds
Le Parisien
, also indicating that the investigation will continue with new hearings.
"
And in particular that of Olivier Duhamel
".
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