The situation is deteriorating in the Paris region. In the region, the English variant, 70% more transmissible than the historical strain, is now dominant. The Paris region is experiencing a sharp rise in the incidence rate, and Ile-de-France hospitals are sounding the alarm. With a health defense council scheduled for this Wednesday, March 31, 2021, could theÎle-de-France region see its containment tightened?
Coronavirus: defense council on Wednesday, June 2 on vaccinating teenagers and decontamination
While the coronavirus epidemic seems to be slowing down in France, a new health defense council is meeting this Wednesday, June 2, 2021, to study the 3rd phase of decontainment and vaccination during the summer and teenage vacations. What can we expect? [Read more]
Since March 20, 2021, the Paris region has been under flexible confinement: travel without a certificate is restricted to a 10km radius around the home, with no time limit. In addition, with the switch to summer time, curfew has been delayed by one hour. On the other hand, outdoor gatherings of more than six people are prohibited and may be subject to fines. Schools, meanwhile, have remained open, and for businesses, telecommuting should remain the norm.
Paris and Île-de-France are experiencing another lockdown. From now on, outings beyond 10km from one’s home are subject to derogation. What can you do, then? Is it allowed to collect an order beyond this limit? Keep reading to find out more. [Read more]
As the government has unveiled a new communication campaign slogan “Dedans avec les miens, dehors en citoyen” (that could be translated into “Inside with my own, outside as a citizen”), Secretary of the Interior Gérald Darmanin demands prefects gatherings over six people outdoors to be “strictly fined” in the 16 departments subject to “curbing measures”, as well as anywhere else in the country. [Read more]
Calls for tougher measures are multiplying, and with good reason: as of March 27, 2021, all the departments in theÎle-de-France region, with the exception of Hauts-de-Seine (507.3), had the highest incidence rates in France. Seine-Saint-Denis leads the way with 777 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Val d'Oise with 774.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Next come Seine-et-Marne (675.8), Val-de-Marne (664.3), Paris (575.1), Essonne (571.2) and Yvelines (542.7). It should be noted that the effects of restrictions can only be assessed at least two weeks after they come into force.
The health authorities continue to monitor the incidence rate in each département as a determining factor in whether measures should be tightened or relaxed. To make life easier for Ile-de-France residents, here is a map of the incidence rate by department in the Île-de-France region and Paris at Friday June 30th, 2023, based on data supplied by the government. [Read more]
Hospitals in the Paris region are facing a difficult period ahead. While 80% of non-covid activity has been deprogrammed in order to care for patients developing a severe form of the coronavirus, AP-HP crisis managers claim that within a fortnight, capacity will be exceeded. For the first time in France, doctors could then be forced to sort covid and non-covid patients admitted to critical care. A situation which would then lead to an increase in mortality.
Île-de-France coronavirus epidemic situation worsens. According to AP-HP crisis directors, the hospital pressure is such they might be overwhelmed within two weeks. Doctors then may have to sort ICU patients out. [Read more]
As the positive effect of vaccination starts being noticeable in nursing homes, more and more young people are hospitalized in intensive care units. There are even twice as many of patients under 50, and without comorbidities since January 2021. Over the past eight days, the phenomenon has been increasing, so much that the regional health authorities and the government are highly concerned. [Read more]
And what about schools? The rise in contamination among the very young is also a cause for concern. The health protocol in schools has therefore been reinforced: from Monday March 29, 2021, in the 19 confined départements, schools will have to close as soon as the first case of coronavirus is detected. The President of the Île-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse, had called for school vacations to be brought forward in an attempt tocontain the epidemic. For the time being, this measure does not appear to be on the agenda. For his part, President Emmanuel Macron has reiterated that schools should only be closed as a last resort.
What is the health protocol in schools, junior high schools, and high schools starting from September 2021? This July 28, 2021, the Minister of the National Education addressed the issue, unveiling the "health framework" instated in schooles and classes starting from Thursday September 2, when school starts again. Compulsory facemask indoor, classes closed only in elementary schools and vaccination non compulsory for teachers; keep reading to find out more. [Read more]
As a new Health Defense Council is expected this Wednesday March 31, 2021, more and more people – specifically doctors – have been calling for tougher measures. So far, French President Macron has not decided yet. [Read more]
Coronavirus: defense council on Wednesday, June 2 on vaccinating teenagers and decontamination
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Covid: gatherings over six people outdoors will be “fined”
The incidence rate in Île-de-France this Friday June 30th, 2023
Coronavirus in Île-de-France: hospitals to be overwhelmed within two weeks, ICU patients to be sorted out?
Coronavirus: younger sick hospitalized in ICU, clear increase in admissions
September 2021's school start: health protocol in schools, junior high schools, and high schools
Coronavirus: stricter lockdown, harder measures, Emmanuel Macron has not decided yet
