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Coronavirus: vaccinating children at risk, and 5-11 y.o. children

As France is experiencing an increase in coronavirus contaminations, the government announced the opening of vaccination to children under 12 by the end of the year. For the most fragile ones, slots open from December 15, 2021.

Omicron: “partial decrease in the vaccine” effectiveness, but “results need confirmation”

According to Pr. Anne-Claud Crémeiux, vaccines are partially less effective against the new Omicron variant, a study found.

Covid: infectious disease specialist Gilles Pialoux reassuring in the face of this 5th wave starting “at lightning speed”

Interviewed by France Info, infectious disease specialist Gilles Pialoux intends to sound reassuring in the face of this 5th wave starting “at lightning speed” according to Gabriel Attal. According to the professor, “France maintains the distance between the increase in new cases and the increase in hospital admissions”.

Free cloth masks for Parisians: sign up now

Anne Hidalgo confirmed free cloth and washable facemasks will be given to each Parisian. Interviewed by LCI this May 5, Paris mayor says that these reusable masks will be available from May 11th in pharmacies. She said that "500,000 surgical msks will be avaialble this week given by arorndissement mayors to the most fragile people". Anne Hidalgo promised earlier in April that “two million cloth facemasks” will be “given” to Parisians in order to fight against the coronavirus epidemic.

Coronavirus: screening test campaigns forbidden within companies

Minister of Labor Muriel Pénicaud said this Monday May 4th that general screening test campaigns within a company were banned. Employers must follow the national deconfinement protocol to be guided and resume work.