According to a study released by the INSERM – the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research – departments where strengthened Covid-19 measures were instated first are starting to pay off given the decline in contaminations.
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.
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.
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.
The rate of positive tests keeps on increasing in France. It reached 5.2% in France on Week 36 (August 31 to September 6), with a low testing number in comparison with the week before, with 1,323 people tested for 100,000 inhabitants.
