Omicron variant guide - activities

Covid: standing consumption allowed in bars and cafés from February 16th

This January 20, Jean Castex once again addressed a press brief to present a calendar lifting Covid-19 measures. The ban of standing consumption in bars and cafés is to come to an end from February 16, 2022.

Covid: Compulsory outdoor facemask-wearing to end from February 2, 2022

Following the latest health defense council, the government has announced dates lifting measures at a press brief held this Thursday January 20, 2022 by Jean Castex and Olivier Véran. Compulsory outdoor facemask-wearing is to end on February 2, 2022.

Covid: the pandemic is “nowhere near over”, the WHO says

As some people have been willing to be optimistic, this January 18, 2022, the WHO has warned the world. World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press brief the pandemic was “nowhere near over”, adding “new variants are likely to emerge”.

Covid: according to epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet, “the worst-case scenario is receding”

Epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet intended to sound confident as for the health situation in France, and considers the “worst-case scenario is receding”.

Covid: “Encouraging signals” announcing the end of the fifth wave, the AP-HP claims

AP-HP Director General Martin Hirsch wrote in an internal email there were “encouraging signals” about the Covid-19 epidemic. Is this the beginning of the end of the fifth wave in France?

Covid: the number of patients in ICU starts to decrease

The number of patients in ICU has been slightly decreasing for the past three days. This is some very hopeful news, as contamination data keep breaking records.

Covid: should Omicron be let spread free to put an end to the epidemic sooner?

By letting the Omicron variant spread, one could reach enough herd immunity to put an end to the pandemic in France. Is this strategy recommended by experts?

Omicron to push Covid toward being an endemic disease, the European Medicines Agency says

According to the European Medicines Agency, the Omicron variant might be able to transform Covid into an endemic disease with which the people can and will have to learn to live with.

Omicron: the presence of the covid variant by department in France this 0

The coronavirus epidemic continues in France. The Omicron variant accounts for 0 % of covid cases in France this 0. The proportion of Omicron versus Delta cases detected in each French department is shown below.

Covid: over half of Europe infected in the next two months, the WHO thinks

The Omicron variant is so contagious the WHO warns: over 50% of Europeans are likely to be contaminated by Covid-19 in the next six to eight weeks, according to the organization’s projections.

Covid: Pfizer’s Omicron vaccine to be ready in March

This Monday January 10, 2022, Pfizer announced their new version of the vaccine targeting the Omicron variant will be ready in March.

Coronavirus – Île-de-France: one Île-de-France inhabitant in 25 tests positive

Because of the fifth wave and the high contagiousness of the Omicron variant, the Covid-19 infection toll has been skyrocketing in the country since late December. And Île-de-France is particularly hit since between January 4 and 11, 2022, one test in twenty-five is positive, according to primary data from Santé Publique France.

Covid: Xevudy, the promising antibody therapy approved by the Haute Autorité de Santé

This Friday January 7, 2022, the Haute Autorité de Santé announced they have approved the use of Xevudy against Covid, a promising synthesized antibody therapy. The drug seems particularly effective against the Omicron variant. Here is more on the matter!

Covid: sleep paralysis, a new Omicron-caused symptom?

Among symptoms reported in Covid-19 sick with Omicron stand sleeping disorders including sleep paralysis in some cases.

Covid: saliva tests more effective to detect the Omicron variant, a study found

And what if saliva tests – or antigen with throat sample – were more effective to detect the Covid Omicron variant? This is what a pre-print study reads. Here is more on the matter!

Sweats, skin rash, muscle pain… Here are the new symptoms of Omicron

As Omicron is spreading in France at a lightning pace, doctors and scientists have reported new symptoms related to this variant. Night sweats, muscle pain, or even skin rash in children… Here are symptoms usually found in Omicron sick.

Covid: antigen tests, should you test both in the nose and throat?

Faced with Covid Omicron variant – making antigen tests less reliable – should we test both in the nose and throat to get reliable results? Here is more on the matter!

Covid: Contaminations likely to peak "in a dozen days", Alain Fischer thinks

This past December, epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet spoke of the increasing contamination toll, likely to peak by "mid-January". A trend validated this January 7, 2022, by Alain Fischer who thinks the wave is likely to peak "in a dozen days".

Covid: Omicron’s spread increases the risk of more dangerous variants emerging, according to WHO

As some specialists are hoping to exit the crisis thanks to Omicron, WHO tries to stay more cautious. “The more Omicron spreads, the more it transmits and the more it replicates, the more likely it is to throw out a new variant," WHO senior emergencies officer Catherine Smallwood said.

Covid: here is why the Omicron variant leaves us to expect the end of the pandemic

Despite the record-breaking number of Covid-19 contaminations in France, some people are hoping to exit the health crisis, the end of the pandemic, and the return to normal life in the coming months. The reason behind? The Omicron variant considered at this point more contagious but less dangerous. Here is more on the matter.