Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases
3 years, 9 months ago

Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases

Associated Press  

PARIS — Critical care doctors in Paris say surging coronavirus infections could soon overwhelm their ability to care for the sick in the French capital’s hospitals, possibly forcing them to choose which patients they have the resources to save. Writing in Le Journal du Dimanche, 41 Paris-region hospital doctors said: “We have never known such a situation, even during the worst attacks” that targeted the French capital, notably assaults by Islamic State extremists in 2015 that killed 130 people and filled Paris emergency wards with the wounded. This triage will concern all patients, with and without COVID, in particular for adult patients’ access to critical care.” Another group of nine critical-care doctors writing in the newspaper Le Monde also warned that intensive care units in Paris may have to refuse patients. This is where we are heading.” They also accused Macron’s government of hypocrisy “by compelling health care workers to decide which patient should live and which should die, without stating so clearly.” Macron remains adamant that not locking France down again this year, like some other European countries, was sound government policy, even as more than 2,000 deaths per week push the country ever closer to the milestone of 100,000 people lost to the pandemic. “We were right not to implement a lockdown in France at the end of January because we didn’t have the explosion of cases that every model predicted,” Macron said last week.

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France’s Mayotte struggles to recover as cyclone overwhelms hospitals
2 weeks, 5 days ago

France’s Mayotte struggles to recover as cyclone overwhelms hospitals

Associated Press  

MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte — One week after its worst cyclone in nearly a century, and a day after a testy presidential visit, France’s impoverished Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte is still grappling with counting the dead, restoring essential services and aiding a beleaguered population. “There are so many patients coming to the hospital, and we don’t have space to admit them.” …

Macron to overhaul France’s struggling health care system
2 years ago

Macron to overhaul France’s struggling health care system

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced an overhaul of France’s struggling health system Friday, including new funding methods for doctors and hospitals, more hiring and other organizational changes. In a speech at a hospital in Evry, a southern suburb of Paris, Macron vowed to “respond to the concerns of many of our fellow citizens to get health care within …

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs
2 years ago

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as it rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests. A Cabinet meeting called Thursday for “full mobilization” of hospitals including adding staff to ensure their “combat effectiveness” …

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs
2 years ago

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

The Hindu  

Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests. A Cabinet meeting called Thursday for “full mobilisation” of hospitals including adding staff to ensure their “combat effectiveness” and increasing …

Facing COVID-19 surge, China expands hospitals, ICUs as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls
2 years ago

Facing COVID-19 surge, China expands hospitals, ICUs as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls

Firstpost  

President Xi Jinping’s government is officially committed to stopping virus transmission, the last major country to try. But the latest moves suggest the Communist Party will tolerate more cases without quarantines or shutting down travel or businesses as it winds down its ‘zero-COVID’ strategy Beijing: Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and …

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs
2 years ago

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

LA Times  

Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as it rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests. A Cabinet meeting called Thursday for “full mobilization” of hospitals including adding staff to ensure their “combat effectiveness” and increasing …

With hospitalizations up, France weighs return to masks
2 years, 6 months ago

With hospitalizations up, France weighs return to masks

Associated Press  

NICE, France — Tourism is booming again in France — and so is COVID-19. French officials have “invited” or “recommended” people to go back to using face masks but stopped short of renewing restrictions that would scare visitors away or revive antigovernment protests. After the prime minister this week recommended that people resume wearing masks on public transportation, commuter Raphaelle …

French medics protest hospital crisis, deepened by COVID
2 years, 7 months ago

French medics protest hospital crisis, deepened by COVID

Associated Press  

PARIS — Health workers protested Tuesday around France to demand more hiring and better salaries in public hospitals, after years of cost cuts that left medics submerged when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and are now forcing emergency rooms to cut services. Demonstrations were held elsewhere in France, including in Cherbourg, where Macron visited a hospital last week to announce his …

Fewer than 500 people are now hospitalised with coronavirus
2 years, 7 months ago

Fewer than 500 people are now hospitalised with coronavirus

Dutch News  

The number of coronavirus patients being treated in Dutch hospitals fell below 500 on Thursday, for the first time since October 2021. The number of people testing positive for coronavirus fell to 10,000 last week but the figure is no longer an accurate representation of the spread of the virus, given that people are no longer been recommended to have …

Fewer than 500 people are now hospitalised with coronavirus
2 years, 7 months ago

Fewer than 500 people are now hospitalised with coronavirus

Dutch News  

The number of coronavirus patients being treated in Dutch hospitals fell below 500 on Thursday, for the first time since October 2021. The number of people testing positive for coronavirus fell to 10,000 last week but the figure is no longer an accurate representation of the spread of the virus, given that people are no longer been recommended to have …

'New lockdowns loom' if government fails to anticipate autumn corona wave
2 years, 7 months ago

'New lockdowns loom' if government fails to anticipate autumn corona wave

Dutch News  

The Netherlands needs to step up its preparations for a new wave of coronavirus infections in the autumn or risk another lockdown, experts have warned. Administrators said there was a lack of urgency among policymakers to fix problems, such as a shortage of intensive care beds, that hampered the Dutch pandemic response in the last two years. ‘We have fewer …

'New lockdowns loom' if government fails to anticipate autumn corona wave
2 years, 7 months ago

'New lockdowns loom' if government fails to anticipate autumn corona wave

Dutch News  

The Netherlands needs to step up its preparations for a new wave of coronavirus infections in the autumn or risk another lockdown, experts have warned. Administrators said there was a lack of urgency among policymakers to fix problems, such as a shortage of intensive care beds, that hampered the Dutch pandemic response in the last two years. ‘We have fewer …

‘Return to normal’: France lifts most COVID-19 restrictions
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Return to normal’: France lifts most COVID-19 restrictions

Al Jazeera  

But in recent days, the number of new COVID-19 infections has started increasing, raising concerns from some that it may be too soon to lift restrictions. France lifted most COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, abolishing the need to wear face masks in most settings and allowing people who aren’t vaccinated back into restaurants, sports arenas and other venues. Starting Monday, people …

Netherlands not ready for another pandemic
2 years, 10 months ago

Netherlands not ready for another pandemic

NL Times  

The Netherlands is facing "major challenges for infectious disease control," the Capacity Body said in a recent report. Dozens of additional infection doctors must be trained as soon as possible if the Netherlands hopes to be ready for the next pandemic, the advisory council said, AD reports. According to the advisory council, the coronavirus pandemic "magnified preexisting bottlenecks in infectious …

Health officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job
2 years, 11 months ago

Health officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job

Associated Press  

Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all. “We are doing everything we can to ensure our employees can safely return to work while protecting our patients and staff from the transmissibility of …

France allows some COVID infected medics to keep working
3 years ago

France allows some COVID infected medics to keep working

India TV News  

Highlights France allowing health care workers who are COVID infected to keep treating patients The special exemption to France’s quarantine rules being rolled out to hospitals Govts, industries have warned that isolation rules are creating staff shortages France is allowing health care workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients rather …

France allows some COVID-19-infected medics to keep working
3 years ago

France allows some COVID-19-infected medics to keep working

Associated Press  

LE PECQ, France — France is allowing health care workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients rather than self-isolate, an extraordinary stopgap measure aimed at easing staff shortages at hospitals and other facilities caused by an unprecedented explosion in cases. The special exemption to France’s quarantine rules being rolled out …

France hits staggering new case record, Europe’s highest
3 years ago

France hits staggering new case record, Europe’s highest

Associated Press  

PARIS — France announced a staggering 332,252 daily virus cases Wednesday, smashing a string of recent records, as hospitals prepared drastic measures to brace for patient surges and the government strained to avoid a new lockdown. With Europe’s highest-ever single-day confirmed infection count, France is facing an omicron-driven surge that is dominating the race for April’s presidential election and increasingly …

France sees record 271,000 coronavirus cases in single day
3 years ago

France sees record 271,000 coronavirus cases in single day

Associated Press  

PARIS — France reported a record-smashing 271,686 daily virus cases on Tuesday as omicron infections race across the country, burdening hospital staff and threatening to disrupt transport, schools and other services. But with Europe’s highest number of confirmed daily virus cases, after weeks of record-breaking figures, France is in an increasingly challenging position. France’s average daily case load has more …

France reports ‘dizzying’ daily record of 208,000 COVID cases
3 years ago

France reports ‘dizzying’ daily record of 208,000 COVID cases

Al Jazeera  

France breaks another national and European record of daily COVID infections, as Omicron and Delta variants spread. France is seeing a “tsunami” of COVID-19 infections, with 208,000 cases reported during the past 24 hours on Wednesday, a new national and European record, Health Minister Olivier Veran has told lawmakers. “This means that 24 hours a day, day and night, every …

COVID Christmas in French ICU: Fear, fatigue and loving care
3 years ago

COVID Christmas in French ICU: Fear, fatigue and loving care

Associated Press  

MARSEILLE, France — From the intensive care ward in France where he is spending the holidays, COVID-19 patient David Daniel Sebbagh said he has one overriding regret: that he didn’t get vaccinated. “It’s choosing life.” The ICU’s chief doctor, Dr. Julien Carvelli, is trying to keep his team motivated as they spend another Christmas tending to patients on breathing machines, …

Government is working on long term plan for living with coronavirus: Telegraaf
3 years ago

Government is working on long term plan for living with coronavirus: Telegraaf

Dutch News  

The cabinet and a group of 150 people from the cultural, sports, hospitality and other sectors are working to devise a long term plan for living with coronavirus, the Telegraaf said on Thursday. That means, the paper said, family reunions in the summer, low key theatre shows in winter and education at home during lockdowns. This week 150 people from …

Government is working on long term plan for living with coronavirus: Telegraaf
3 years ago

Government is working on long term plan for living with coronavirus: Telegraaf

Dutch News  

The cabinet and a group of 150 people from the cultural, sports, hospitality and other sectors are working to devise a long term plan for living with coronavirus, the Telegraaf said on Thursday. That means, the paper said, family reunions in the summer, low key theatre shows in winter and education at home during lockdowns. This week 150 people from …

As COVID beds fill, hospitals struggle with burnout among doctors, nurses and staff
3 years ago

As COVID beds fill, hospitals struggle with burnout among doctors, nurses and staff

LA Times  

Twins Natalie Balli, left, and Linda Calderon, background right, 71, in a COVID-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles on Friday. “There is no medical school class that can prepare you for this level of death,” said Dr. Jacqueline Pflaum-Carlson, an emergency medicine specialist at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit. Dr. Steve Stites, chief medical …

France to Restrict Travel from Britain to Fight Fast-spreading Omicron
3 years ago

France to Restrict Travel from Britain to Fight Fast-spreading Omicron

News 18  

France will restrict arrivals from Britain because of fast-spreading cases of the omicron coronavirus variant, putting limits on reasons for traveling and requiring 48-hour isolation upon arrival, the government spokesman said Thursday. The government is holding a special virus security meeting Friday that will address growing pressure on hospitals in France from rising infections in recent weeks. French government spokesman …

Covid hospitalizations stabilize after 2 month rise, but 22,700 more infections
3 years, 1 month ago

Covid hospitalizations stabilize after 2 month rise, but 22,700 more infections

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands admitted 2,338 people with Covid-19 during the past seven days, four percent fewer than the previous seven-day period. The figure includes 306 people sent directly to an intensive care unit, seven fewer than the previous week. Hospitals were treating 2,670 patients with the coronavirus disease on Saturday afternoon, down two percent from the previous day. Some …

France opts for third COVID-19 booster shots, not lockdown, to fight new wave of infections
3 years, 1 month ago

France opts for third COVID-19 booster shots, not lockdown, to fight new wave of infections

Firstpost  

The country in the last few days has seen a spike in daily new cases rising above the 30,000 mark, and virus-related hospitalisations and deaths soaring Paris: France launched a plan Thursday to give COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, as it opted against a further lockdown or curfew to help combat a worrying uptick in infections in the country. …

Cabinet to decide Friday about tightening coronavirus restrictions
3 years, 1 month ago

Cabinet to decide Friday about tightening coronavirus restrictions

NL Times  

The Cabinet will decide this Friday whether it will impose a new set of coronavirus restrictions on the Netherlands. Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said that the Outbreak Management Team will hold its next meeting on Wednesday evening, and will provide advice to the Cabinet the following day. He wants to know from the experts what it takes to "force …

Facing surge, Austria will mandate COVID-19 shots, lock down
3 years, 1 month ago

Facing surge, Austria will mandate COVID-19 shots, lock down

Associated Press  

VIENNA — Austria announced a national lockdown and a plan to mandate vaccinations as coronavirus infections hit a record high Friday, forcing the government to walk back promises that strict shutdowns were a thing of the past. “We don’t want a fifth wave, we don’t want a sixth and seventh wave.” Austria is among several Western European countries where infections …

France steps up virus booster campaign as infections rise
3 years, 2 months ago

France steps up virus booster campaign as infections rise

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy French President Emmanuel Macron issued …

‘Code Black’ scenario looms in Limburg unless infections decline, hospitals warn
3 years, 2 months ago

‘Code Black’ scenario looms in Limburg unless infections decline, hospitals warn

Dutch News  

Hospital administrators in Limburg say they will run out of intensive care beds within weeks unless the government brings in ‘lockdown-style’ measures to stop the rise in coronavirus infections. The Zuyderland Ziekenhuis, which has two sites in Heerlen and Sittard, said on Monday it was no longer taking in Covid-19 patients, and three other hospitals said the region was on …

IC departments 'will struggle to cope' with influx of coronavirus patients
3 years, 2 months ago

IC departments 'will struggle to cope' with influx of coronavirus patients

Dutch News  

Intensive care specialists at eight of the country’s largest hospitals have warned that their departments risk being overwhelmed if the government fails to curb the latest wave of coronavirus infections. Peter van der Voort, head of intensive care at Groningen’s UMC hospital, told Nieuwsuur that plans to increase the number of IC beds to 1,350 were unrealistic because of a …

IC departments 'will struggle to cope' with influx of coronavirus patients
3 years, 2 months ago

IC departments 'will struggle to cope' with influx of coronavirus patients

Dutch News  

Intensive care specialists at eight of the country’s largest hospitals have warned that their departments risk being overwhelmed if the government fails to curb the latest wave of coronavirus infections. Peter van der Voort, head of intensive care at Groningen’s UMC hospital, told Nieuwsuur that plans to increase the number of IC beds to 1,350 were unrealistic because of a …

Hospitals call for new pandemic measures as coronavirus admissions rise
3 years, 2 months ago

Hospitals call for new pandemic measures as coronavirus admissions rise

Dutch News  

Hospital bosses have called on the government to step up measures against coronavirus following a surge in patient admissions in recent weeks. Van Harten said possible measures included reimposing the face mask mandate, stricter QR checks to ensure people gathering indoors have been vaccinated or tested negative, or rolling out third vaccine doses faster. The Isala hospital in Zwolle, where …

Hospitals call for new pandemic measures as coronavirus admissions rise
3 years, 2 months ago

Hospitals call for new pandemic measures as coronavirus admissions rise

Dutch News  

Hospital bosses have called on the government to step up measures against coronavirus following a surge in patient admissions in recent weeks. Van Harten said possible measures included reimposing the face mask mandate, stricter QR checks to ensure people gathering indoors have been vaccinated or tested negative, or rolling out third vaccine doses faster. The Isala hospital in Zwolle, where …

Hospital directors urge for more rigourous coronavirus measures
3 years, 2 months ago

Hospital directors urge for more rigourous coronavirus measures

NL Times  

Hospital directors pushed for additional coronavirus measures in the Trouw to prevent hospitals from becoming overcrowded with Covid-19 patients. Hospital directors feared that without further restrictions, the number of Covid-19 patients will increase rapidly. Professor of social psychology Arie Dijkstra said in the NOS Radio 1 Journaal that the Cabinet needs to consider that approval of new measures may be …

Cabinet not ready to intervene in increasing coronavirus infections, sources say
3 years, 2 months ago

Cabinet not ready to intervene in increasing coronavirus infections, sources say

NL Times  

There is currently no sense of panic among members of the Dutch Cabinet because of the rapidly increasing coronavirus figures, sources close to the government said. The Cabinet is focusing more on the number of hospital admissions and intensive care unit admissions than on the infection figures. Researcher Marino van Zelst, among others, want the Cabinet to place more emphasis …

Hospitals must get ready for Covid overload the next few months: RIVM
3 years, 2 months ago

Hospitals must get ready for Covid overload the next few months: RIVM

NL Times  

Dutch hospitals need to be ready if there is a sharp rise of coronavirus cases, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Control Jaap van Dissel and RIVM chief modeler Jacco Wallinga said in an interview with NOS. Van Dissel said the OMT did not see enough reason currently to impose stricter measures. The expected peak is still far enough …

France to offer state-funded therapy as COVID sharpens focus on mental health
3 years, 3 months ago

France to offer state-funded therapy as COVID sharpens focus on mental health

LA Times  

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers speaks at the national convention on mental health and psychiatry in Paris on Tuesday. Psychology appointments in France will be funded by the government starting next year, President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday, amid growing awareness and concern about the importance of mental health. Acknowledging both the psychological impact of government COVID restrictions and past government …

Here’s how Covid-19 is hitting hospitals in five key European countries
3 years, 3 months ago

Here’s how Covid-19 is hitting hospitals in five key European countries

CNN  

London CNN — Much of Europe has opened up to international visitors and scaled back Covid-19 restrictions since a wave of cases swept the continent in the spring. Leon Neal/Getty Images But the UK’s strong vaccination rollout has kept numbers far below where they were in the winter peak; in January more than 4,000 people were admitted to British hospitals …

Hospitalizations, not infections, to take lead in determining Covid policy
3 years, 3 months ago

Hospitalizations, not infections, to take lead in determining Covid policy

NL Times  

From September 25, the cabinet is changing its approach to determining the coronavirus policy. Instead of looking at the number of infections to determine which measures are needed to keep the spread of the virus under control, the cabinet will look at the number of Covid-19 related hospital- and ICU admissions, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said in a letter …

Unvaccinated French health care workers face suspension
3 years, 3 months ago

Unvaccinated French health care workers face suspension

Associated Press  

PARIS — Health care workers in France face suspension from their jobs starting Wednesday if they haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19. “It’s aimed at one thing: protecting hospitals, protecting health care workers, protecting our fragile populations,” government spokesman Gabriel Attal said Wednesday. We are making everyone take responsibility.” More than 90% of French health care workers are vaccinated, Attal said, …

Experts demand 'clarity' about coronavirus policy: Telegraaf
3 years, 5 months ago

Experts demand 'clarity' about coronavirus policy: Telegraaf

Dutch News  

Greater clarity is needed about where the government coronavirus policy is heading to avoid further damage from harmful measures, experts have told the Telegraaf. Confusion rules since the government decided to backtrack on the relaxation of the rules in July, the paper claims, and it must now clarify if the measures are meant to minimise the number of infections or …

Experts demand 'clarity' about coronavirus policy: Telegraaf
3 years, 5 months ago

Experts demand 'clarity' about coronavirus policy: Telegraaf

Dutch News  

Greater clarity is needed about where the government coronavirus policy is heading to avoid further damage from harmful measures, experts have told the Telegraaf. Confusion rules since the government decided to backtrack on the relaxation of the rules in July, the paper claims, and it must now clarify if the measures are meant to minimise the number of infections or …

France begins requiring COVID-19 health pass in restaurants and on trains
3 years, 5 months ago

France begins requiring COVID-19 health pass in restaurants and on trains

LA Times  

A security officer checks passengers’ digital health passes at the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris on Monday. France took a big step Monday into a post-pandemic future by requiring people to show a QR code proving they have a special health pass before they can enjoy restaurants and cafes or travel across the country. The pass is now …

Aid group vaccinates migrants as France expands virus pass
3 years, 5 months ago

Aid group vaccinates migrants as France expands virus pass

Associated Press  

PARIS — Vaccination rates are picking up again in France as the government requires a virus pass for more and more activities — but social workers worry that the measure will further marginalize migrants and other poor populations. So aid group Doctors Without Borders has set up a tent this summer in northeast Paris to vaccinate migrants, homeless people and …

France Passes Law That Makes A Coronavirus Health Pass Required For Dining And Travel
3 years, 5 months ago

France Passes Law That Makes A Coronavirus Health Pass Required For Dining And Travel

NPR  

France Passes Law That Makes A Coronavirus Health Pass Required For Dining And Travel Enlarge this image toggle caption Rafael Yaghobzadeh/AP Rafael Yaghobzadeh/AP PARIS — France's parliament approved a law early Monday requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and domestic travel and mandating vaccinations for all health workers. It also requires a "health pass" to enter all restaurants, trains, …

French protesters reject virus passes, vaccine mandate
3 years, 5 months ago

French protesters reject virus passes, vaccine mandate

Associated Press  

PARIS — Some 160,000 people, including far-right activists and members of France’s yellow vest movement, protested Saturday across the country against a bill requiring everyone to have a special virus pass to enter restaurants and mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all health care workers. I think a part of France is always going to be unwilling and that blackmail and threats …

France rolls out Covid app required to enter cinemas and museums as cases surge
3 years, 5 months ago

France rolls out Covid app required to enter cinemas and museums as cases surge

The Independent  

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‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ burdens busy US hospitals
3 years, 5 months ago

‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ burdens busy US hospitals

Associated Press  

The COVID-19 comeback across the U.S. is putting pressure on hospitals at a time when some of them are busy just trying to catch up on surgeries and other procedures that were put on hold during the pandemic. Eventually you just don’t want to do it.” Also, many hospitals were busy even before the surge began, dealing with a backlog …

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