Huayu News According to the European Times compiled report, on January 12, French Health Minister Weilang said that the number of people infected with the new coronavirus in France may drop in the next few days; 500,000 to 700,000 people held health pass may be invalid from January 15 because they did not inject the enhancer.
▲ French people were wearing masks to purchase books in a large bookstore in the center of Paris. Photo by Li Yang, China News Service reporter
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According to AFP and Le Parisien, Wei Lang believes that according to precedents in other countries such as the United Kingdom, the number of infections in France may decline in the next few days. "This is an assumption, we will closely monitor the evolution of the epidemic. What is certain is that the Omicron mutant strain spreads very widely. If our epidemic evolution is the same as some countries that infected Omicron earlier than us, we will soon usher in the peak of the epidemic. But I cannot be sure whether it is the peak or the plateau period." He also said that the number of people infected with Omickron "has increased slowly in recent days than before."
France had more than 36.8 new confirmed cases on the 11th, and more than 361,000 confirmed cases on the 12th. Wei Lang said, "If 370,000 people are diagnosed in a single day, then (actually in a single day) there should be no less than 1 million people infected," because many asymptomatic people generally do not test themselves.
htmlOn January 12, Weilang said at Franceinfo News that because Omickron is too contagious, traditional epidemic prevention measures have been difficult to prevent it from spreading.The virus spread is very serious among young people, but Weilang reiterated, "We insist on not closing schools" and "we want to curb the spread of the virus, but we will not stop teaching." The school’s epidemic prevention regulations have been adjusted. After confirmed cases appear in the class, the whole class needs to be tested on the same day, but no longer uses nucleic acid to test and antigen testing, but does self-test. Wei Lang believes that "this is a pragmatic approach."
Weilang said, "As of two days ago, about 500,000 to 700,000 people have not received enhancers." By the 15th, their health pass will expire. However, in fact, there will not be so many numbers of health passes that are invalid by then, because "many of these 500,000-700,000 people may have been infected with the virus, but they have not submitted their own infection certificates on the Tous Anti Covid application system." The validity period of the health pass can be extended after providing the certificate.
Starting from the end of November last year, all adults in France can inject strengthening agents. The government has announced that to extend the validity period of the Health Pass (which will soon be changed to a vaccine pass), strengthening agents must be given; if there is no injection of the enhancer and the certificate of recovery after infection cannot be provided, the health pass held from January 15 will be invalid. However, this does not mean that strengthening agents must be injected before January 15; it is just that the mechanism that says that if the additives are not given, the health pass will be invalid from this day. The health pass for those who have not received the enhancer after the second dose will be invalid at that time.
The elderly and people with co-morbidities can be injected with enhancers from September last year. The date on which they do not get the enhancers, the health pass will expire is December 15. Weilang said, "In mid-December, there were many people worried... but (actually) there was no situation where the travel health pass was invalid."
According to Weilang, 98% of the elderly over 65 years old received the third booster after 7 months of injecting the second dose; the proportion of the booster after 3 months was nearly 90%. "The proportion of people who take the enhancer is very high. It is normal for those who take the medicine, and it is a special case if they don't take the medicine."
"hope" to coexist with the virus
French government spokesman Atal said on January 12 that although the epidemic situation is currently in an unprecedented state, there are also some aspects full of dawn.
Atal said that although there are now more than 300,000 new cases per day, the government has successfully avoided the high admission rate caused by high infection rates. The current epidemic prevention goal is to coexist with the virus as normally as possible.
When talking about the campus epidemic, Atal said that the situation in French schools can be regarded as "pride" because the number of schools closed is much lower than that in Germany, Italy and the United States."Without everything perfect, we know how difficult it is," Atal said: "Close schools is a decision we must avoid at all costs."
European Medicines Agency said on the 211th that the Omickron mutant strain will make the new coronavirus an epidemic that humans can coexist with. Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has also recently hinted that the change in the new crown epidemic has made it possible to coexist with the virus. On January 12, the Swiss government announced that Omickron may be the "start of the end of the new crown epidemic." However, the WHO warned on the 12th: "Omickron is still a dangerous virus."
Swiss Federal Minister of Health Alan Belse said at a press conference on the 12th: "We may be on the eve of the turning point of the epidemic, which is the decisive moment for the pandemic to turn to an endemic epidemic. At present, the public's immunity has reached a high level."
"Omickron may indicate that the new crown epidemic is about to begin. It's over." He added, "If people who have been vaccinated and recovered from infection, the immunity of the population over 220 years old has exceeded 90%, and the population over 80 years old has even reached 97%. " Bellse said: "Omickron is very contagious, but it is less toxic. This is not a reason for us to relax our vigilance, but it should not be exaggerated." On the same day, Switzerland announced that it would reduce the quarantine time from 10 days to 5 days.
In addition, on the 12th, the Norwegian health department announced that compared with delta , the hospitalization risk of people infected with Omickron strain is reduced by 69%.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Adhanom Adhanom 2 emphasized at a press conference on the 12th: "Although the symptoms caused by Omickron are not as serious as those of Delta, it is still a dangerous virus, especially for those who have not been vaccinated." (Original title: French minister says the epidemic may reach its peak recently)
