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  • The number of hospitalizations is increasing in France: 21,169 Covid patients are hospitalized in France, including 3,759 in critical care, reserved for the most serious cases, against respectively 16,000 and 3,200 two weeks previously.

  • Faced with the many closings of classes, 9,200 closed yesterday, a record, the protocol at school is slightly relaxed in France. 

  • The pandemic has killed at least 5,463,970 people worldwide since the end of December 2019, but the World Health Organization estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the results of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than that officially listed.

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7:34 am: Study shows that after receiving a vaccine against Covid-19, the menstrual cycle is lengthened by at least a day, a non-serious and temporary effect

Immediately after receiving a vaccine against Covid-19, the menstrual cycle of women, i.e. the period between the first day of two periods, is lengthened by less than a day on average, a non-serious effect which appears to be temporary. according to a new study released on Thursday.

The duration of the rules itself is not affected by the vaccination, according to this work carried out in the United States on nearly 4,000 women.

The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology provides the first clear and solid data on the question.

The results "are very reassuring," Alison Edelman, lead author of the study and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Oregon Health & Science University, told AFP.

7:22 am: "So as not to be pissed off by President Macron" ...

French people reluctant to be vaccinated against Covid-19 tell why they finally took the plunge.

Testimonials to find here. 

7.20 am: Meeting next Tuesday to imagine the presidential campaign (again) in the time of Covid-19

Jean Castex will bring together the political parties on Tuesday morning in order to initiate a consultation around the conduct of the presidential campaign and the vote, in a context of still strong circulation of the coronavirus epidemic, announced Thursday Matignon.

The meeting, scheduled for 11 am by videoconference, will bring together "the leaders of political parties as well as the candidates declared for the presidential election", in the presence of the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin and that of Health Olivier Véran , said Matignon. 

7:16 am: In Peru, nearly 100,000 children orphaned due to Covid-19

Sad record.

The Covid-19 epidemic has orphaned around 98,000 children in Peru, the government of the most bereaved country in the world announced Thursday in relation to its total population.

“Our country unfortunately is the country with almost 98,000 children who lost their father, mother or guardian during the pandemic,” said Minister for Women, Anahi Durand, based on figures published by the medical journal The Lancet.

7:13 a.m .: Slightly relaxed protocol in schools

It's the rush for drugstore testing.

And children are sometimes tested two, three, four times a week to be able to find their way back to school.

The government therefore decided, four days after the start of the school year, to once again modify the protocol at the school.

If a child has been tested three times and a new positive case is declared in his class, he will no longer have to repeat the course of the three tests, if this new positive case in their class appears within a period of less than seven days.

A change that takes place this Friday.

Here are the department's responses on this specific topic. 

Hello everyone and welcome to this live, 

Last day of this first week of recovery ... Vaccination pass, increase in hospitalizations, new protocol at school ... We will see together what new information is on the coronavirus epidemic. 

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