Covid-19: In France, the number of hospital patients is still increasing

Pressure on the hospital system has continued to increase, with a further increase in the number of Covid-19 patients in the hospital and in critical care services, according to figures from Public Health France. While France is facing an outbreak of the Delta variant, the number of Covid patients in the hospital is now 7,840, 259 more than Sunday and 761 more than last Monday. New 24-hour admissions are also up with 688, the highest number since the end of May. Critical care services, which receive the most serious cases, have 1,232 Covid patients (including 170 new admissions in 24 hours), compared to 1,137 on Sunday and 952 a week ago

Covid: Germany will offer a vaccination booster from September

Germany will propose the administration of a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine to elderly and vulnerable populations, as well as to people who have not received a messenger RNA vaccine, decided the Ministry of Health. The ministry explains that it relies on recent studies showing that “the immune response is reduced or rapidly declining after full vaccination against Covid-19” in some populations, “especially for immunosuppressed patients as well as the very elderly and those

With a month of delay, the United States reaches the vaccination target set by Biden

On Monday, the United States reached the rate of 70% of adults who had received at least one dose of the anti-Covid vaccine, almost a month after the target date set by President Biden, when hospitalizations reached levels comparable to last summer's wave. Data from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), the main public health agency in the United States, also show that 60.6% of adults and 49.7% of the total population are now fully vaccinated. Joe Biden originally set the goal of reaching 70% on July 4, the American National Day

AT A GLANCE

Two men were sentenced by the Paris Criminal Court to suspended prison terms for, in particular, violence against law enforcement officers during Saturday's demonstration against the health pass.