19 November,2021 08:13 AM IST | Paris | Agencies
Medical staff, nurses and doctors demonstrate against staffing shortage issues and the choices on the management of the Italian National Health Service during the pandemic, in Rome. Pic/AFP
The new fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in France, which started last month, will accelerate in the coming weeks, a top official has warned. Jean-Francois Delfraissy, head of the scientific council that advises the government on Covid-19, made the remarks while speaking to the France Inter radio on Wednesday, reports Xinhua news agency.
"With the level of vaccination that we have, we are equipped with the capacity to face this fifth wave, under the condition of using all the tools in the toolbox," he said, referring to the vaccination of the non-vaccinated, the booster shot, the barrier gestures and the application of health pass.
The immunologist estimated that the fifth wave would be "difficult" for the French health system since "the hospitalisations will rise, up to ... 1,200 or even 1,400 new admissions per day, probably at the beginning of December". Delfraissy also defended the efficiency of Covid-19 vaccines.
"It is extraordinary to have got them so fast. They protect in a very strong way against serious illness from the Coronavirus." France has approved the use of vaccines developed by Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca.
The head of Germany's disease control agency has warned that the country faces a "really terrible Christmas" unless steps are taken to counter the rise in Covid cases.
More than 10 million people had been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in Myanmar, according to a release from the Ministry of Health. Over five million people have received their first jab.
Sri Lankan health authorities have started administering Covid-19 booster shots to people aged 60 and above. The booster dose administration started on Wednesday in Western and Southern Provinces and the Anuradhapura and Ampara districts. Doctors on the ground told Xinhua news agency the Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 was being used as the booster dose.
58,40,44
No. of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours
25,52,35,906
Total no. of cases worldwide
51,28,223
Total no. of deaths worldwide
Source: WHO/Johns Hopkins
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