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Covid: 400,000 saliva tests taken by week in schools starting from Monday

During the press briefing held this April 22, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced 400,000 saliva tests will be deployed in elementary schools starting Monday April 26, with a goal to reach 600,000 weekly tests by mid-May, Jean-Michel Blanquer added.

Covid: are nasopharyngeal swab tests dangerous?

The Académie nationale de Médicine – or National Academy of Medicine – alerts on the potential danger of nasopharyngeal swab tests. These tests could cause “a breach in the anterior skull base associated with a risk of meningitis.

Covid in France: take a stock on France's vaccination schedule

As the fight against Covid goes on in France, the vaccination schedule also changes along with the delivery of vaccine doses in the country, as well as with the approvals granted by the European Medicines Agency. Take a stock on the schedule and key dates of the French vaccination campaign.

Covid: Portugal to impose quarantine to travelers coming from France

If you plan to go to Portugal for the coming days, note travel conditions change starting April 1, 2021. Starting from this moment on, French travelers will have to “comply with 14-day prophylactic self-isolation period”. Here is more on the matter.

Covid: Spain to require negative PCR test at the French border

Starting March 30, 2021, a negative Covid test taken in the past 72 hours will be compulsory to enter Spain from France.

Covid: protocol against coronavirus variants

UK and South-African coronavirus variants have the health authorities worried, and for good reason, they are said to be more contagious than the original coronavirus that broke out in Wuhan. This February 7, the Health director general released an “emergency” memo to change the health protocol as part of the fight against variants: longer self-isolation period, mandatory end of contamination test, quicker school closure. Here is the protocol.

Covid: over 500,000 tests conducted in 24h in France, a record

Santé Publique France organization says this Friday December 18, 2020 that 502,528 tests have been conducted in France leading to 17,238 new positive cases. A record showing the massive deployment of the governmental test strategy in barely a week.

Covid: Should you get tested prior to the Holidays?

As the Holidays are just around the corner, more and more French people are thinking about the Holidays meals and family reunions. According to an Ifop survey for medical website Odero, 26% of them are considering getting tested before Christmas Eve. Is this a good idea? Here are a few answer leads.

Coronavirus: towards mass-testing populations? Mass-testing experimented in December in Le Havre

To fight against coronavirus, Jean Castex has announced three mass-testing campaigns in France: in Le Habre, Roubaix and Saint-Etienne. The first mass-testing campaign is to be take place from December 14 to 19, in Le Havre.

Covid: should vaccine be compulsory for international flights?

As Europe is to proceed to the first vaccinations against coronavirus during “first quarter 2021”, some airlines could require proof of anti-Covid-19 vaccine to allow passengers to board the plane. Should upcoming anti-Covid vaccine be compulsory to travel and for international flights? Answers.

Covid: massive screening in December in France to save Christmas?

Will France provide massive screening to save Christmas? This Tuesday November 17, 2020, French politician Laurent Wauquiez announced a massive screening campaign in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes before Christmas, that is to say, they will screen 8 million inhabitants. As for the French government, they are thinking about a massive screening for the entire population in December.

Covid-19: when to take a PCR or an antigenic test?

To control the Covid-19 epidemic, France runs over 2 million PCR tests per week, and antigenic tests for a few days, with a quicker result. When and where to take these? How do they work and why is one of them quicker as the other requires 24 to 48 hours to get results? Here is a guide to help you out.

Coronavirus: antigenic test VS PCR test, which screening method should you turn to?

As the second coronavirus epidemic wave is hitting France, screening methods are changing. Henceforth, there are antigenic tests – quicker – and PCR tests – more reliable. Who are they for? Here is how to know which screening method you should turn to.

Coronavirus: antigenic tests, everything you need to know about these quick screenings

To face the second coronavirus epidemic wave, new means are available in order to make screenings easier. The arrival of antigenic screen tests could be a game-changer: these quick screenings – even though less reliable than PCR tests – enable to get results within 15 minutes. Here is everything you need to know about them.

Coronavirus: testing centers set up in front of railway stations in Paris

In order to allow French people to get tested more massively, the SNCF announces coronavirus testing centers will be set up in front of railway stations in the biggest cities in France including Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille and Rennes. Keep reading to find out more.

Coronavirus: quick “antigenic” tests now available in pharmacies in France

As more and more French people are looking to get tested, Health Minister Olivier Véran has confirmed on France Info that the famous tests quicker than PCR tests, the “antigenic” tests are now available in pharmacies even though they are less reliable in some cases.

Coronavirus: a second reinfection case reported in the United-States

A second reinfection case of coronavirus SARS-COV-2 has just been reported by American scientist. A 25-year-old man has tested positive last April, then negative, before falling sick again 48 days later. Searchers have sequenced the genome of the virus and say “two instances of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the same individual […], the viruses associated with each instance of infection were found to possess a degree of genetic discordance”

Coronavirus: detecting the virus in the air exhaled by the patient to be possible soon?

A quick test inspired by breathalyzer but for coronavirus? CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) scientists are on track to find Covid-19 “volatile signature” vital to detect the virus in the air exhaled. If they succeed, you will only have to blow in a tube, much more pleasant than PCR tests.

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: temporary immunity noticed in contaminated nursing staff

According to a study by the Institut Pasteur, several members of the nursing staff have been contaminated by Covid-19 and have developed temporary immunity, momentarily protecting them from a new infection.