Women during the cremation of a close victim of Covid-19, in Ghaziabad, India on April 26, 2021. – Sakib Ali / Hindustan Times // SIPA
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France will participate in international cooperation organized to help India to cope with a dramatic outbreak of the Covid-19. Paris will send eight oxygen production units there as well as oxygen containers and respirators, the French Foreign Ministry announced Monday evening. The equipment, which will be transported by plane and boat from the end of the week, is intended “to respond to the emergency but also to significantly and sustainably strengthen the capacities of Indian hospitals”, noted the Quai d ‘ Orsay.
The first shipment of British medical aid landed in Delhi on Tuesday morning. A total of nine aerial containers loaded with supplies, including 495 oxygen concentrators, 120 non-invasive respirators and 20 manual respirators, will be dispatched this week, according to the British High Commission in New Delhi.
The High Authority for Health (HAS) authorized, on Monday, antigenic tests and self-tests for children under 15. This decision should make it possible to significantly increase the ease and capacity of screening for Covid-19. Main advantages of nasal antigen tests: a result in fifteen to thirty minutes without resorting to a laboratory and they are less invasive than nasopharyngeal swabs because the swab is inserted less deeply into the nose. Especially according to the HAS, they are “relevant to break the chains of contamination, especially in schools”.
As the club fights for retention and is still reeling from news of owner King Street’s disengagement, the question is almost who doesn’t want to help the Girondins de Bordeaux. Everyone seems to be concerned about the situation of the Navy and White. Last interested to date? Francois Pinault. The businessman, owner of Château Latour, Pauillac premier grand cru classé, says he is “ready to support any operation set up by the wine industry” in the region, in an open letter sent to South West and The team. Bets are now open on who will be the proud owner of the club next season.