LIVE – Outdoor masks in Paris: the administrative court justifies its choice

Guest of Bruce Toussaint this Friday on BFMTV, epidemiologist Antoine Flahault drew the outlines of what could be the result of this pandemic in terms of public health. For him, it is impossible to continue to isolate infected people so strictly.

“We will not be able to continue to make prolonged isolations (of positive people). Beyond 5 days, that is not reasonable. Otherwise, we are not far from the paralysis of the country”, he explains.

He also recommends a drastic change in the testing policy.

“We can no longer test in this way. When we have such inaccuracy with tests carried out at all costs, it would be better to have a more precise sampling on a small number of people, a bit like we do polls policies for a presidential election,” he concludes.

The DREES also publishes for the first time a distinction of the indicators of the Covid-19 epidemic according to the variant responsible for the infection.

We thus learn that between January 3 and 9, 2022, 88% of positive PCR tests were linked to Omicron, for only 52% of conventional hospital admissions and 31% of critical care admissions.

These data confirm the reduced risk of hospitalization for patients infected with Omicron compared to those infected with Delta.

In its latest report, the DREES re-evaluates the weight of unvaccinated people in the Covid-19 epidemic in France. We thus learn that between December 6 and January 2, the 9% of French people over the age of 20 who were not vaccinated accounted for 44% of admissions to conventional hospitalization, 58% of admissions to critical care and 44% of deaths. with Covid-19.

In its order relating to the suspension of the obligation to wear a mask outdoors in Paris, the administrative court of the city considers that this rule “does not meet the requirements of strict proportion to the health risks incurred prescribed in IV of article 1st of the law of May 31, 2021.”

Pointed out by the decision, the fact that this ban is not limited “to places and times of high population circulation that do not allow physical distancing to be ensured and to places where people can gather such as markets and gatherings on the public highway.”

During his speech, the Minister of National Education assured that 3000 classes were currently closed, “a figure which will go up in the coming days” due to the mobilization on Thursday.

As far as the protocol is concerned, the rule of a positive case equivalent to a closure will not be applied. “For the moment, given the characteristics of the variant, it is not relevant,” he explains.

Invited this Friday morning to the antenna of Franceinfo, the Minister of National Education assured that the meeting organized last night with the teachers’ unions, at the end of the strong mobilization of the latter, had been “useful because very precise .”

However, the minister also returned to the criticisms that have concerned him for several days. “I don’t know if there is a Blanquer problem, but that’s not the point,” he said.

“The mobilization was announced, I take note of it and I understand for the most part, we are all tired of this virus and it is normal for a weariness to be expressed. I am not perfect, I make mistakes and that obviously happens to me, I have no problem saying that I’m sorry for certain things, but it does not crystallize when you know the decision-making process”, he adds.

Towards an eviction? The visa of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, who arrived in Melbourne to play the Australian Open, has again been canceled by the Australian authorities.

“I have today exercised my authority under Section 133C(3) of the Migration Act to cancel the visa held by Mr. Novak Djokovic on grounds of health and good order, on the grounds that ‘it was in the public interest to do so,’ the Australian immigration minister said in a statement quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald.

Two days before the start of the tournament, the world number one, not vaccinated, therefore risks expulsion for not having respected the health rules linked to the Covid-19 epidemic.

After 3h30 of meeting between executive and unions, Jean-Michel Blanquer announced a list of measures aimed at calming the anger of teachers, massively mobilized this Thursday in the streets of the country.

Distribution of 5 million FFP2 masks to kindergarten teachers, recruitment of 3,300 contract workers to compensate for the wave of sick leave, postponement of CP evaluations… The measures announced by the Minister of Education have been favorably received by the unions.

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Welcome to this live dedicated to the news of the Covid-19 epidemic of this Friday, January 14, 2022.