Covid-19: a fifth wave hits South Africa
For several weeks, South Africa has been experiencing an increase in contamination. At this stage, the epidemic recovery carried by two sub-variants of Omicron does ...
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Covid-19: what do we know about the new XD and XE combinations?
FOCUS- Classified under surveillance by the WHO and Public Health France, these new mutations of Sars-cov-2 could be very contagious, according to preliminary data. While ...
Covid-19: are we witnessing the start of a new epidemic wave?
THE CHEKING PROCESS – In recent days, the number of Covid-19 contaminations has increased again. THE QUESTION. A few days before the lifting of health ...
Covid-19: are hospitalization statistics overestimated?
THE CHEKING PROCESS – Many Internet users point out that the hospitalization figures take into account patients positive for Covid-19, but who may be hospitalized ...
‘Offbeat’, ‘reckless’: scientists welcome gradual lifting of restrictions with skepticism
Jean Castex and Olivier Véran unveiled on Thursday a timetable for the gradual lifting of health restrictions with the aim of ending compulsory telework, gauges ...
Covid-19, Omicron, vaccines, resuscitation, tests: at a turning point in the epidemic, we have verified ten claims
THE CHEKING PROCESS – Carried by a more contagious but less lethal variant, the fifth wave changes the game, although uncertainty remains. “Le Figaro” accompanies ...
Covid-19: in children, cases are skyrocketing with Omicron, vaccination is slipping
Serious cases, a marked increase compared to previous waves, remain limited. For weeks, Omicron has been wreaking havoc in classrooms. Currently, authorities record 75,000 daily ...
Covid-19: does the variant called “Deltacron” really exist?
THE CHEKING PROCESS – Cypriot researchers claim to have discovered a new strain of the coronavirus born from the cross between “Delta” and “Omicron”. What ...
Covid-19: will the Omicron wave be the last?
THE CHEKING PROCESS – The Minister of Health Olivier Véran believes that there is “a possibility” that this fifth wave is “perhaps the last”. THE ...
Faced with Omicron, are antigen tests still reliable?
In the United States, health officials have cautioned against the performance of rapid tests and self-tests. Bad news on the front of the monitoring of ...