![]() ![]() However, these indicators – perhaps skewed by the easing of screening rules – are still "at low levels" said SPF. New hospitalizations are also increasing (8% compared to last week) with 336 new daily hospital admissions. ![]() ![]() More than 6,000 daily cases of Covid-19 are being detected, up from 3,500 just a few days ago. On its way to becoming the next dominant strain, this sub-variant seems to be at the root of pandemic growth observed in early March. It's a variant of Sars-CoV-2 that the World Health Organization (WHO) considers to be "the most contagious detected to date." However, available data "do not suggest that XBB.1.5 poses additional public health risks compared to other Omicron sublineages." "It's less severe but highly transmissible, and responds well to the vaccine with respect to protection against severe forms," summarized Antoine Flahaut. On the virological front, the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant is gaining ground. Three years after the lockdown, the country seems to have turned the page on a pandemic that caused the deaths of at least 165,000 people in France. Since then, two further less strict lockdowns have followed, along with nine waves, and 53 million French people vaccinated. The initial Covid-19 outbreak was progressing rapidly and worryingly, as Macron sounded a "general call to arms" against a virus described as an "invisible, elusive enemy." "We are at war," Emmanuel Macron declared in an address that has stuck in the minds of many. Only three years ago, on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, France was rocked by its first Covid-19 lockdown. Three years after the first lockdown, the pandemic has come to a lull, even as the disease continues to kill about 20 people a day.īy Assma Maad Published on March 20, 2023, at 3:07 pm (Paris), updated on March 21, 2023, at 3:04 pm Who is still dying of Covid-19 in France? ![]()
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