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Covid: “If the wave does not come [to Fall], we could say Covid is over”

This Sunday June 6, Health Minister Olivier Véran was happy on BFMTV set where he announced the progressive lockdown exit is coming along nicely. According to the minister, the virus will continue to decline, moving from 5,000 new cases per day to 2,000 cases, but the war will be won if there is no wave in November-December.

Making vaccination compulsory to elderly people, the proposition of an epidemiologist

According to Martin Blachier, the current data of 80% of elderly people over 75 years of age vaccinated in France will not be enough to prevent a surge of the epidemic this next Fall. To prevent a new saturation point in hospitals this Fall, the epidemiologist proposes to make vaccination compulsory to the most fragile ones.

Covid: is an epidemic surge from this Fall to be feared in France?

Invited on RTL this June 8, Head of the Scientific Committee Jean-François Delfraissy thinks "a fourth wave is likely this Fall", adding it will "be different from the others thanks to vaccination".

Covid: nationwide curfew from 11 p.m., what you need to know

Starting from June 9, 2021, curfew moves to 11 p.m. in mainland France. What are the rules to this nationwide measure? Here is what is allowed or not.

Lockdown exit: what changes from this Wednesday June 9, 2021 in France

France is to enter the third step of the lockdown exit starting from June 9, 2021. Curfew, working from home, restaurants, health pass, here is what changes from this day forth.

Covid: can you get another vaccine for the 2nd shot?

Is it possible to get another vaccine for the 2nd shot? Medical interest, governmental authorization, here is more about this "mix and match" option likely to enable us to change vaccine during the process... or not.

Coronavirus: defense council on Wednesday, June 2 on vaccinating teenagers and decontamination

While the coronavirus epidemic seems to be slowing down in France, a new health defense council is meeting this Wednesday, June 2, 2021, to study the 3rd phase of decontainment and vaccination during the summer and teenage vacations. What can we expect?

Covid: effectiveness of monoclonal antibodies challenged by variants

As Covid variants keep on spreading across the world, Eli Lilly laboratories has seen their approval removed for marketing bamlanivimab, as a monotherapy, being a therapy based on monoclonal antibodies. Why? Its effectiveness challenged by new coronavirus strains. Keep reading to find out more!

Covid: WHO approved Chinese Sinovac vaccine for emergency use

The World Health Organization has validated the use of Chinese Sinovac vaccine for people aged 18+. Vaccine is to be given in two doses with a period of time between the two doses of two to four weeks.

Covid: “We need June to be all about vaccination”, pharmacist Gilles Bonnefond claims

“We need June to be all about vaccination”. This is what Gilles Bonnefond – Head of the Union Trade of Pharmacists and Montélimar pharmacist – claimed this Monday on France Info. For the record, all adults can now be vaccinated.

Covid: Pfizer vaccine effective against the Indian variant, Institut Pasteur found

Good news in the race for Covid vaccines! According to several studies led in the United Kingdom, the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines seem to be working against the Indian variant, at 88% for the former and 60% for the latter after the second injection. Results quite similar to those from the two vaccines against the UK variant. A study carried out by the Institut Pasteur issued this May 28 confirms Pfizer's effectiveness against the Indian variant.

Covid: what is the “vaccinee syndrome”, this phenomenon worrying doctors?

Pleased to have been given their first injection, some of the French tend to slacken their efforts, so much that they happen to forget about health guidelines and eventually end up infected by the virus despite the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine given a few days earlier. This phenomenon, called the “vaccinee syndrome”, has been increasing for the past couple of weeks and worries more and more doctors.

Indian variant: travelers from the UK to comply with compulsory quarantine starting from Monday

Because of the active spread of the Indian Covid-19 variant in the United Kingdom, France has decided to implement a “mandatory self-isolation period” for travelers coming from the UK. This measure will be instated from Monday May 31, 2021.

Covid: compulsory quarantine in France to apply to 17 countries

While Covid-19 variants are increasing worldwide, borders are reopening. To prevent a fourth wave likely to be caused by foreign travelers, France applies compulsory quarantine to citizens from 17 countries.

Covid vaccine: a third dose required for people at risk from this summer, according to Moderna

Moderna Therapeutics French CEO Stéphane Bancel has announced this Saturday May 22 to our peers from JDD a third dose of Covid vaccine would be necessary from the end of summer for people at risk to extend immunity and prevent a new epidemic wave caused by variants. He also announced he sought approval in Europe to vaccinate teenagers.

Covid: what we know about the “very rare” variant detected in Bordeaux

This weekend, all looks were locked on Bordeaux, and especially in the Bacalan district. This is where a “very rare” Covid-19 variant has been detected. So, what do we know about this strain? Keep reading to find out more.

Covid: 90% of the adults could “potentially be vaccinated over the summer”, Fischer says

As all adults can be vaccinated from May 31, the president of the Vaccination Orientation Council, Alain Fischer, wishes to “vaccinate 90% of the adults” in France. A goal he thinks “potentially” reachable “over the summer”.

Covid: a quiet summer if there are under 5000 cases before mid-June, Pr. Fontanet thinks

Epidemiologist and Scientific Council Member Arnaud Fontanet thinks the French might have a “quiet summer” if the contamination toll drops below 5,000 cases per day before June 15, 2021.

Covid: Institut Pasteur’s predictions for this summer, "favorable conditions" in 2021

How could the Covid epidemic evolve this summer? A question the Institut Pasteur tried to answer to as the institution issued this Monday May 24 their projections for this summer. Hypotheses making us hope "favorable conditions" for this summer 2021, especially thanks to the decline of the epidemic and the improving vaccination. To prevent a fourth wave or a new epidemic surge, a few conditions have to be met, though.

Covid: can you postpone your second vaccine injection?

As the summer is just around the corner, and most of the French have not been vaccinated against Covid yet, because not eligible yet, is it possible to move forward or later the second injection of the vaccine without risking anything? A question we tried to answer to.