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Covid: vaccines and therapies available or still being reviewed

Take a stock on Covid-19 vaccines and treatments across the world. Where are the first vaccines at? Are there effective Covid-19 treatments? What are the latest discoveries and breakthroughs performed by scientists?

Covid: “The health crisis is not behind us”, Emmanuel Macron warns

This Wednesday August 11, opening a new Health Defense Council, Emmanuel Macron warned about a “dramatic situation” in French West Indies. “The health crisis is not behind us. We will have to live with the virus for many more months”, the French President also claimed.

Covid: government and scientists worried about a new wave in the coming weeks

Faced with the spread of the Delta variant in the country, more and more people fear a new epidemic surge in the coming weeks. This July 4, 2021, French Health Minister Olivier Véran even warned and said a “wave is likely from late July”.

Covid: French Medical Association to claim for “real lockdown everywhere it is needed”

As a new Health Defense Council is taking place this Wednesday, the French Medical Association – Ordre des Médecins – has sent an open letter to the French President, claiming for “real lockdown everywhere it is needed”.

Covid: recombinants, what you need to know about the latest mutations of the virus

After Covid-19, now are recombinants. Reported by scientists in the United Kingdom, these new mutations of SARS-CoV-2 will not have “immediate consequences” on the coronavirus epidemic, the searchers and authors of the study says. Let us explain.

Covid: does extreme cold curb the spread of the virus?

Does extreme cold France has been experiencing over the past couple of days curb the spread of Covid-19? As we know cold improves the spread of the virus, things are different when temperatures drop below 0°C. Here is more on the matter.

Covid: what is allowed or not on the first day of lockdown exit

Progressive lockdown exit has started on Saturday November 28, 2020 and French can now travel within a 20km-perimeter around their house, go to stores or the hair slaon. But in concrete terms, what can we do or not from today?

Covid-19: Jérôme Salomon says the lockdown is not strict enough

Jérôme Salomon is worried about the ineffectiveness of the new lockdown in a memo Europe 1 got and shared. According to the Health general director, lockdown is not strict enough to soften the curve. He says one shall expect a long and extended plateau of the epidemic curve in France.

Coronavirus: WHO says it is “never too late to turn the outbreak around”

Facing the world’s epidemic situation, the World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference on Thursday August 6, 2020 in Geneva: “it’s never too late to turn the outbreak around”

Airborne transmission of coronavirus is possible, a study says

According to a study released on Monday July 20, 2020 by a team of scientists from the Nebraska university in the medRxiv magazine, airborne transmission of coronavirus is possible, like talking, breathing, coughing or sneezing. Results that support what other scientists said following an experiment released on May 13 in scientific PNAS magazine.

China: a new swine flu virus contaminates humans

In China, workers working in pig slaughterhouses have been contaminated by a new virus. According to researchers, the strain of the virus comes from H1N1 flue, and could spark a new pandemic.

Coronavirus in Italy since December 2019

Coronavirus was in Italy since December 2019. Searchers have just found traces of the Sars-CoV-2 virus in sewage from December 18, 2019 in Milan and Turin. The virus spread in Bologna in January 2020.

Coronavirus: information on the resurgence of the virus in China

As the virus almost entirely disappeared in China, several coronavirus cases have been reported in the country fearing a second epidemic wave. How has the situation evolved, should we be worried of this resurgence? Here is all you need to know.

Coronavirus: the situation is “worsening” worldwide WHO director says

As life is getting back to normal in many countries, the World Health Organization is worried and warns the world. On June 8th, WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the covid-19 pandemic was “worsening” worldwide.

Coronavirus: 4.5 million French have been infected by Covid-19, Pr. Arnaud Fontanet says

As France is starting phase 2 of its containment exit scheme, Institut Pasteur epidemiologist Pr. Arnaud Fontanet said on BFMTV that 4.5 million French might have been infected by Covid-19 since the health crisis started.

Coronavirus: Covid-19 may “never go away”, the WHO says

When will the Covid-19 pandemic end in the world? This is a question that the world, politicians, searchers and scientists are obsessed with. According to the World Health Organization, Covid-19 “may never go away”.

Controls at the French-German border extended but made softer, Castaner says

Following the coronavirus epidemic that keeps on spreading across the world and Europe, Christophe Castaner announced controls at the French-German border will go on until June 15th but made softer.

Free audio books for children

In times of confinement, it's important to keep kids occupied and develop their creativity and imagination! Among the screen-free and free alternatives, we note that Audible, Amazon's audiobook service, makes available a selection of free audiobooks for kids.

Coronavirus: errands, food, packaging… how to properly disinfect

For many French people, grocery shopping has become a source of anxiety amid the coronavirus epidemic that keeps on spreading across the country. So, what are the right gestures to limit risks? Let’s have a look thanks to the recommendations and instructions from the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety.