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Omicron: hospitalization toll lower than with Delta, studies found

Two studies carried out in the United-Kingdom tend to show the Omicron variant leads to fewer hospitalizations than the previous Delta variant.

Covid: non-vaccinated people 12 times more likely to go to ICUs

According to a Santé Publique France study shared by Pr. Alain Fischer, non-vaccinated people are 12 times more likely to be hospitalized in intensive cares following Covid-19 contamination.

Covid: “Yes, we are on health alert”, Pr. Gilles Pialoux confirms

Invited on BFMTV this November 17, 2021, Professor and clinical researcher Gilles Pialoux affirms France is back on health alert. The contamination wave is yet not the only source of worries for the expert.

Covid: the hospital “will not be able to cope with a fourth wave”, Jean-Michel Constantin finds

This Thursday April 29, as Emmanuel Macron was revealing his lockdown exit plan in the press – despite the many Covid cases still occurring in the country – hospitals warn in the event of a fourth wave, they might not be able to cope with it.

Covid: Île-de-France hospitals soon to cancel 80% of medical procedures

For the latest weekly press brief, held this Thursday March 25, Olivier Véran announced that Île-de-France hospitals might soon have to cancel 80% of medical procedures. Île-de-France regional health agency (ARS) already gave the “strong order”, in early March, to hospitals and clinics in the region, to cancel about half of their medical and surgical procedures to give room for Covid sick in intensive care units.

Hospital-acquired Covid: 30% of deaths or severe cases have been infected at the hospital

Catching coronavirus at the doctor or at the hospital? With 44,401 Covid-19 hospital-acquired cases reported, we knew Covid-19 will likely be a hospital-acquired disease. A Scottish study shows that 30% of people dead or several infected with coronavirus have caught the virus at the hospital.

Covid-19: a one-of-its-kind mobile hospital deployable in 20 minutes developed in Toulouse

Toulouse university hospital has designed a truck-hospital deployable in 20 minutes only, to support hospitals faced with the second Covid-19 wave.

Coronavirus: “it will be no tsunami, but the bathtub will overflow” Professor Adnet says

Hospitals are bracing themselves as a new wave of coronavirus cases is coming… In an interview with Ouest France, professor Frédéric Adnet – head of the emergency unit at the Avicenne hospital and medical head of the Samu de Seine-Saint-Denis – returned on the current health situation and on the fears of seeing hospitals – already under pressure – be overwhelmed.

Coronavirus: slight epidemic recovery in Parisian hospitals according to Oliver Veran

The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, spoke to France Inter on Thursday 16 July about "weak signals of epidemic recovery" in Parisian hospitals and called on the French to remain "vigilant".

Coronavirus: the French government’s strategy to avoid a second epidemic wave

In an interview with Le Monde, Health Minister Olivier Véran gave details as for the government’s strategy to avoid a second epidemic wave in France: massive testing to define “sleeping clusters” and in places favorable for the spread of the virus, and reinforcement of the hospital means.