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On the front page of the press, the catastrophic epidemic situation in India, which yesterday had more than 2,700 new deaths in 24 hours.
Overwhelmed hospitals, oxygen shortages, overwhelmed crematoriums:
Le Temps
evokes "a tragedy", "a frightful epidemic outbreak" in the face of which the European Union, but also the United Kingdom and the United States, have decided to propose their relief. "India, overwhelmed, has reached its breaking point," warns
The Financial Times
, warning that the official balance sheets remain largely "undervalued" - especially in New Delhi, the city most affected by the epidemic, where near an additional 25,000 people are infected every day.
The Times of India
relays the call for help from the Indian capital: "The government and local authorities must urgently provide the oxygen and medicines necessary to families on their own, at a time when their capacity for resilience is at its lowest. ", Implores the newspaper - warning that" if the urgency, today, is to bring aid to the sick, all those who failed the Indian people will have to be identified and punished, tomorrow ".
The situation in India is of great concern to the rest of the world.
The Guardian
cites the warnings issued by many experts, which warn of the need for a comprehensive response to the pandemic, the uncontrolled circulation of the virus increasing the risk of the appearance of new dangerous strains, and of prolongation of the epidemic. The British daily deplores, by the way, "the magical thought" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi - who announced last March the "end of the game" for the epidemic, while his country was heading, in reality, towards a second epidemic wave .
In Michigan, the United States, where the epidemic is experiencing its largest outbreak, more and more young patients are arriving in hospitals - in unprecedented proportions since the start of the epidemic, according to
The New York Times
. The American daily announces a doubling of the number of patients in their thirties and forties, since the peak of last fall, an increasing proportion of patients younger than before, which would not be due, only, to the mass vaccination of the over 65s. years, but especially to the rapid spread among younger people of the British variant, which is both more contagious and more dangerous.
In Italy, the government has decided to ease restrictions today. This decision nevertheless raises many reservations on the side of scientists.
Il Fatto Quotidiano
cites a report warning of too rapid easing and the risk of boosting the number of deaths, or even triggering a fourth wave.
In France, where the epidemic remains at a still very high level, the return to class this morning of more than 6 million primary school students, also causes concerns, which
Le Parisien
tries to defuse by evoking “Calculated risks”, and the “ambitious plan” of the Minister of National Education: 1 million saliva tests, 64 million self-tests and hundreds of mediators to supervise them. Jean-Michel Blanquer, who can be found in the middle of a balancing act on the front page of
Liberation
- reciting the mantra: “So far, everything is fine”. Libé's judgment is final: the reopening of schools as of today, “it's a bit like playing Russian roulette with a revolver whose barrel is loaded with all the balls”.
Before telling you tomorrow, I suggest you enrich your botanical knowledge with
Courrier International
, which reports the boom of the "porang" - a plant from Indonesia also called nicely "amorphous phallus", because of the shape of its flower, whose nauseating odor also earned it the name of "corpse flower" . A rather unappetizing name, which does not however prevent this plant from having a whole bunch of virtues, it seems, good nutrients, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals, as well as a high content of glucomannan, which can be used for making paper, glue, and cosmetics. In short, the “amorphous phallus” would in reality have many promising outlets. Qualities that the Indonesians had forgotten, but which they have, finally, and it is fortunate for them, rediscovered ...
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