Prime Minister Jean Castex on Saturday called on French people over 55 to be vaccinated, "in particular with AstraZeneca".
The Secretary of State for Tourism, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, has also announced on Europe 1 that non-EU countries will be divided according to colors for trips abroad this summer.
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Prime Minister Jean Castex insisted on Saturday that those over 55 who have not yet been vaccinated do so, especially with AstraZeneca.
The Secretary of State for Tourism, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, has also announced on Europe 1 that lists of countries with colors will be defined for trips outside the EU in the coming months.
Meeting for a summit in Portugal on Friday, European leaders expressed skepticism about the US proposal to lift patents on anti-Covid vaccines.
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Castex urges those over 55 to get vaccinated, "especially with AstraZeneca"
France will define lists of countries for trips abroad
European leaders skeptical of anti-Covid vaccine patents being lifted
Vaccination open to everyone over 50 on Monday, the remaining doses for everyone on Wednesday
Castex urges those over 55 to get vaccinated, "especially with AstraZeneca"
Prime Minister Jean Castex on Saturday called on the some 13 million French people over 55 who are not vaccinated against Covid to do so "with all vaccines, in particular with AstraZeneca".
"Above 55 years old, the authorities are all unanimous in France as elsewhere that there is no danger. I urge you to be vaccinated with all vaccines, in particular with AstraZeneca", he said. it launched after a visit to a vaccine park in La Défense, near Paris.
The head of government explained that there were "still in France today two million doses of AstraZeneca which are not used", and that "we will receive three million in the next four weeks".
According to him, "Germany has come back to us in terms of vaccination only because the use of AstraZeneca is better there".
How will we travel in Europe this summer?
While the summer of 2020 had taken place with the watchword of blue white red tourism, the objective this year is to also facilitate departures to other countries of the European Union. Invited on Saturday on Europe 1, the Secretary of State for Tourism, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, indicated that the European digital certificate (or "health pass") would be available "in June". According to him, there should therefore no longer be "septaines" when you arrive in these countries. Experiments are already taking place in France: since April 22, Air France and Corsair travelers to Corsica and departing from Orly can present their negative PCR test certificate via the TousAntiCovid application.
This experiment will be extended next week to three new destinations: the French Antilles, Guyana and Reunion.
For his part, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne indicated that the government and its European partners were also working on a country categorization system for non-EU travel: "There will be green countries, orange countries and red countries."
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France is speeding up vaccinations
Everyone over 50 can be vaccinated from May 10, instead of May 15, and the doses available at the end of the day will be open to everyone the next day "without age limit", French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday. .
Vaccination is also open to minors aged 16 and 17 suffering from certain diseases which put them at "very high risk of severe form".
With 25.1 million injections in total (first doses and boosters), including a record day Thursday at more than 600,000 doses, nearly a third of the adult population (33.3%) received a first dose and 14 , 5% two doses, according to figures released Friday.
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First weekend without the 10 km limit in France
This Saturday marks the first weekend since early April without a ban on moving beyond 10 kilometers around his home.
The French can move around again and benefit from it: bus and TGV reservations are exploding, particularly to the Atlantic coast.
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40% of nurses "want to change jobs"
Four in ten nurses say that the health crisis due to Covid-19 "made them want to change jobs", according to a wide consultation conducted by the Order of Nurses, which wishes to give the profession "prospects for the future ". The fear of a wave of departures among these caregivers is not unfounded. Polled online between April 30 and May 5, more than 30,000 nurses confirmed the weariness of "heroes in white coats". Not only 40% say that "the crisis made them want to change jobs", but 51% consider that their job "does not allow them to experience real development and career prospects".
Above all, almost all (90%) consider that their profession is "not recognized for its fair value within the health system" and 64% consider that it "is" ungrateful. "For the president of the Order of Nurses, Patrick Chamboredon, these results are a sign that the "Ségur de la santé", despite its salary increases, "has so far not made it possible to draw the contours of the nursing profession of tomorrow. giving prospects for the future ".
Ibuprofen would not worsen Covid-19 infection
Taking anti-inflammatory drugs from the ibuprofen family does not increase the risk of developing a severe form of Covid-19 or of dying from it, contrary to what was feared at the start of the pandemic, according to a study published Saturday. "The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is not associated with an increase in mortality or the severity of Covid-19", concludes this large study by the British health authorities, published in the medical journal The Lancet Rheumatology and involving 72,000 patients. "We now have clear evidence that NSAIDs can be used safely in patients who have Covid-19," commented lead author of the study, Prof Ewen Harrison (University of Edinburgh), cited in a press release.
The drop in hospital pressure is confirmed
Hospital and intensive care admissions continued to decline on Friday, according to the latest data from Public Health France.
5,106 patients are in intensive care, or 125 people less than the day before.
269 new patients were also admitted to these services.
There are also 251 additional deaths in 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 106,101 since the start of the epidemic.
The peak of 6,000 patients in intensive care passed on April 26 continues to recede.
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Macron calls on US to 'end' vaccine export ban
Emmanuel Macron on Saturday called on the United States to lift all restrictions on the export of vaccines and vaccine components against Covid-19.
"I call very clearly on the United States to end the export bans not only of vaccines but of components of those vaccines that prevent production. The key to producing vaccines faster for poor countries and intermediate countries is to produce more: lift export bans, "he insisted during a press conference at the EU social summit in Porto.
Friday, the French president had already attacked the "Anglo-Saxons" which "block many of these ingredients and vaccines" by reserving their production to the national territory.
Emmanuel Macron called for global "solidarity" on the subject.
"Today, 100% of vaccines produced in the United States of America go to the American market," he added.
At the same time, European leaders have expressed their skepticism about the US proposal to lift patents on anti-Covid vaccines.
Pope Francis, for his part, on Saturday supported the lifting of patents.
The Sovereign Pontiff spoke of "a spirit of justice which mobilizes us to ensure universal access to vaccines and the temporary suspension of intellectual property rights".
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More than 4,000 dead in 24 hours in India
India recorded more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths for the first time in 24 hours, the government said on Saturday.
The 4,197 new deaths bring the total death toll in India to 238,270 since the start of the pandemic.
In one day, the country recorded 401,078 new cases of Covid-19, for a total toll of nearly 21.9 million.
More than 3.2 million deaths worldwide
The pandemic has killed at least 3,258,595 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to an assessment established by AFP from official sources on Friday at midday. The United States is the country with the most deaths (580,851), ahead of Brazil (419,114), India (238,270), Mexico (218,173) and the United Kingdom (127,583). These figures are globally underestimated. They are based on daily reports from national health authorities, without including reassessments based on statistical bases.