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In France, the number of coronavirus patients in ICU is at its highest since November 2020
With 3,743 Covid-19 patients in intensive care in France, on Sunday March 7, the number of patients admitted to these services reserved for the most serious cases of the disease due to SARS-CoV-2 reached its highest level since the end of month of November, according to data from Public Health France. More...
Coronavirus was already spreading in France in late December 2019
RT-PCR was performed retrospectively on the stored respiratory sample [from December 2019] and confirmed the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. More...
Dunkirk, France: Coronavirus case rate of 901 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, mostly B117 variant
In Dunkirk, where the so-called English variant of Covid-19 is circulating and the incidence rate reaches 901 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the mayor has let it be known that he will not oppose confinement. More...
France: The highest proportion of suspected UK variant cases was among 0-9 year olds (44.6%)
More...● La proportion de tests positifs criblés variait peu selon la classe d’âge : de 42,1% chez les 20-29 ans à 47,7% chez les 0-9 ans (Tableau 1).
Moselle, France: “more than a third of coronavirus cases in circulation are of South African origin” 501YV2
The presence of variants in Moselle, France, continues to worry. More...
New coronavirus variant B.1.525 with E484K, Q677H, F888L and a similar deletions to B117
International lineage with variants of biological significance E484K, Q677H, F888L and a similar suite of deletions to B.1.1.7. More...
Man in France critical after coronavirus reinfection with South African variant 501Y.V2
Doctors in France are treating a critically ill patient infected with the South African coronavirus variant, four months after he recovered from Covid-19, in what study authors said was the first case of its kind. More...
Evidence of early circulation of Sars-CoV-2 in France
Using serum samples routinely collected in 9144 adults from a French general population-based cohort, we identified 353 participants with a positive anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG test, among whom 13 were sampled between November 2019 and January 2020 and were confirmed by neutralizing antibodies testing. More...
Coronavirus had spread across France in November 2019: “One in a thousand was infected”
French researchers have analyzed more than 9,000 blood samples from the months before the pandemic officially broke out and found 13 with traces of SARS-CoV-2. More...
France’s Pasteur Institute says it is abandoning Covid-19 vaccine project
France’s Pasteur Institute said on Monday it was ending development of a Covid-19 vaccine with US pharmaceutical company Merck after clinical trial results proved disappointing. More...