French virus surge raises harrowing specter of ICU overloads
3 years, 9 months ago

French virus surge raises harrowing specter of ICU overloads

Associated Press  

PARIS — When French President Emmanuel Macron holds his coronavirus strategy meeting this week, some of the figures at his disposal from overburdened hospitals will show why doctors are bracing for the possibility of unprecedented misery from rampaging infections. Internal projections by the Paris public hospitals authority, some of which were seen by The Associated Press, suggest that intensive care units in the region of 12 million people may soon have to find space for more critically ill patients than ever. Other longer-term projections are darker still, pointing to unprecedented potential peaks of more than 3,400, or even 4,400 ICU patients in the Paris region by mid- to late April, said a hospital crisis director who has seen the forecasts and who spoke about them on condition of anonymity because they were internal. The director said the mere thought of so many gravely ill people to care for — which would be way beyond what Paris hospitals absorbed when the virus first hit in 2020 — was mind-boggling. “Regardless of whatever political decision is taken, we are heading for the wall,” Gilles Pialoux, the head of infectious diseases at the Tenon Hospital in Paris, said Tuesday on France Inter radio, “The care on offer will be degraded, degraded for everyone, COVID and non-COVID alike,” he said.

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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 …

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 …

‘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 …

No vaccine? No cafe, according to new French virus law
2 years, 11 months ago

No vaccine? No cafe, according to new French virus law

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s parliament approved a law Sunday that will exclude unvaccinated people from all restaurants, sports arenas and other venues, the central measure of government efforts to protect hospitals amid record numbers of infections driven by the highly contagious omicron variant. Macron’s government is hoping the new pass will be enough to limit the number of patients filling up …

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 …

France to roll out new COVID-19 restrictions as Omicron surges
3 years ago

France to roll out new COVID-19 restrictions as Omicron surges

Al Jazeera  

New measures on working from home, limits to public gatherings to take effect from January 3. France has announced new COVID-19 measures in a bid to stem a surge in infections as concern rises worldwide over the rapid spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. The United Kingdom’s government has meanwhile ruled out any new measures in England this year …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Two Europes: Low vaccine rates in east overwhelm ICUs
3 years, 3 months ago

Two Europes: Low vaccine rates in east overwhelm ICUs

Associated Press  

BUCHAREST, Romania — In a packed intensive care unit for coronavirus patients in Romania’s capital, Bucharest, 55-year-old Adrian Pica sits on his bed receiving supplementary oxygen to help him breathe. In Norway, where about 70% of the population has been vaccinated, authorities on Saturday scrapped restrictions that Prime Minister Erna Holberg called “the strictest measures in peacetime.” Nordic neighbor Denmark …

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 …

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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New virus surge sends younger patients to Spain’s hospitals
3 years, 5 months ago

New virus surge sends younger patients to Spain’s hospitals

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Julio Miranda had never felt the threat of the coronavirus too close. “It’s only when the virus hits you that you take it much more seriously,” Miranda said this week from a hospital room overlooking Barcelona’s beachfront where he recovered after a week in intensive care, conscious but connected to a machine aiding his oxygen intake. Spain’s …

New virus surge sends younger patients to Spain's hospitals
3 years, 5 months ago

New virus surge sends younger patients to Spain's hospitals

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. “It's only when the virus hits you that you …

ICU expert says Dutch hospitals in Covid trouble; Warns of "Code black situation"
3 years, 8 months ago

ICU expert says Dutch hospitals in Covid trouble; Warns of "Code black situation"

NL Times  

Dutch Association for Intensive Care chair Diederik Gommers said he feared the country was approaching a "Code Black" situation, where hospitals have to choose between patients for the last remaining ICU admissions. Dutch hospitals were treating 839 patients with Covid-19 in intensive care units on Thursday afternoons. One hard hit medical center is the St. Jansdal hospital in Harderwijk, which …

Dutch ICU system can’t scale up as planned due to staff shortage: Report
3 years, 8 months ago

Dutch ICU system can’t scale up as planned due to staff shortage: Report

NL Times  

Scaling up the national intensive care capacity to 1,550 beds is unlikely to succeed as several regions said they are unable to meet their targets, NU.nl reported after visiting hospitals in various regions in the country. They also reported that in the regions of Zwolle, Noord and Noord-West emergency room beds intended for calamities such as major traffic accidents are …

Hospital workers despair as France’s coronavirus strategy flails
3 years, 9 months ago

Hospital workers despair as France’s coronavirus strategy flails

LA Times  

A medical worker moves a COVID-19 patient at Amiens-Picardie Hospital north of Paris on Tuesday. “It allows me to breathe,” she says, “and to cry.” People with COVID-19 occupy all the beds in her ICU ward in President Emmanuel Macron’s hometown hospital in the medieval northern city of Amiens. While other European countries imposed their third lockdowns in recent months, …

Paris doctors warn they may have to refuse patients amid surge of COVID-19 cases
3 years, 9 months ago

Paris doctors warn they may have to refuse patients amid surge of COVID-19 cases

ABC  

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. Key points: French medical professionals are ramping up pressure on the Macron government to impose a full national lockdown Doctors are warning that …

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 …

France’s Macron: No regrets for rejecting new virus lockdown
3 years, 9 months ago

France’s Macron: No regrets for rejecting new virus lockdown

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s president says he has no reason to be sorry about refusing to impose a third national lockdown earlier this year, even though surging coronavirus infections are straining his country’s hospitals and more than 1,000 people with the virus are dying every week. “We were right not to implement a lockdown in France at the end of January …

France announces new Paris lockdown measures amid soaring Covid cases
3 years, 9 months ago

France announces new Paris lockdown measures amid soaring Covid cases

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 Almost exactly one year after …

Europe is struggling to contain the third wave of the epidemic.
3 years, 9 months ago

Europe is struggling to contain the third wave of the epidemic.

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the March 15 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. WHAT’S IMPORTANT TODAY More European countries halt AstraZeneca vaccinations Ireland and the Netherlands became the latest countries to temporarily suspend the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine yesterday following a report from Norway of patients developing blood clots post-inoculation. The chief investigator …

Coronavirus Variant Accounts For Up To 20% Of Cases In Paris
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus Variant Accounts For Up To 20% Of Cases In Paris

News 18  

PARIS: The highly contagious variant of the coronavirus first detected in Britain now accounts for up to 20% of infections in the wider Paris region, a leading hospital executive said on Tuesday, calling for more restrictive measures to rein in the disease. France’s main COVID-19 indicators have reached two-month highs on average on Monday but the government, who will hold …

The Latest: Study: Precautions help slow school virus spread
3 years, 11 months ago

The Latest: Study: Precautions help slow school virus spread

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Health officials say evidence continues to mount that it’s generally safe to have in-person schooling, if U.S. schools require mask wearing and other precautions. — Follow all of AP’s pandemic coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic, https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-vaccine and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak ___ HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING: NEW YORK — New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Chokshi says the city is expecting …

Pressure on hospitals may yet increase warns head of the National Network for Acute Care
3 years, 11 months ago

Pressure on hospitals may yet increase warns head of the National Network for Acute Care

NL Times  

The mutated variant of the coronavirus that came from the UK could lead to a new wave of infections in the Netherlands in March. Ernst Kuipers, chairman of the National Network for Acute Care, warns that this could increase the pressure on hospitals already under enormous stress. According to the calculations, there could be a point in mid-March when the …

‘Very anxious’: Lebanon’s ICU doctors fear unfolding COVID surge
4 years ago

‘Very anxious’: Lebanon’s ICU doctors fear unfolding COVID surge

Al Jazeera  

Front-line doctors say emergency departments are overwhelmed as cases spike following holiday easing of restrictions. Beirut, Lebanon – “I’m very anxious about what we’ll see in the next few weeks,” a 33-year-old intensive care doctor, on a short break from a 24-hour shift at a Beirut hospital’s intensive care unit, said. “Even if hospitals increase their bed capacity, they cannot …

First case of new COVID-19 variant found in France as cases rise
4 years ago

First case of new COVID-19 variant found in France as cases rise

ABC  

France has recorded its first case of the new variant of coronavirus, as the number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 mounted in the country. Key points: The first case in France was found in the city of Tours The man in question is currently self isolating, French health ministry says France registered 20,262 new cases and 159 deaths in …

French Officials Announce 1st Confirmed Case Of New Coronavirus Variant
4 years ago

French Officials Announce 1st Confirmed Case Of New Coronavirus Variant

NPR  

French Officials Announce 1st Confirmed Case Of New Coronavirus Variant Enlarge this image toggle caption Patrick Hertzog/AFP via Getty Images Patrick Hertzog/AFP via Getty Images The more contagious coronavirus variant sweeping through England has officially reached France. Officials there said on Friday that a French citizen who recently traveled from London has tested positive for the new variant. As NPR's …

France's Macron leaving isolation after week with the virus
4 years ago

France's Macron leaving isolation after week with the virus

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 no …

France says mutated Covid strain may already be in the country
4 years ago

France says mutated Covid strain may already be in the country

The Independent  

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New coronavirus infections near 10,000 as ministers discuss new measures
4 years ago

New coronavirus infections near 10,000 as ministers discuss new measures

Dutch News  

The head of the Dutch regional safety association on Sunday said that the Netherlands needs to go into a total lockdown, like Germany, as the number of overnight coronavirus infections neared 10,000. Hubert Bruls told the Gelderlander newspaper that the Netherlands needed to impose new measures ‘otherwise the contrast with Germany is too great’. ‘I assume measures will be made …

As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff
4 years, 1 month ago

As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff

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 In Italy lines of ambulances …

As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff
4 years, 1 month ago

As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff

Associated Press  

PARIS — In Italy lines of ambulances park outside hospitals awaiting beds, and in France the government coronavirus tracking app prominently displays the intensive care capacity taken up by COVID-19 patients: 92.5% and rising. Intensive care is the last line of defense for severely ill coronavirus patients and Europe is running out — of beds and the doctors and nurses …

Coronavirus infections down 8 percent to 6,689; Hospital total falls again
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus infections down 8 percent to 6,689; Hospital total falls again

NL Times  

The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands reported in Saturday’s daily update equaled 6,689, the lowest since October 11. Since Monday, the RIVM disclosed that 44,696 more people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection, down 26 percent compared to the same period last week. For the first time since September 4, the hospital total showed an overall …

Coronavirus France: Paris to see even tighter lockdown restrictions
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus France: Paris to see even tighter lockdown restrictions

The Independent  

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The US might need to follow France in imposing curbs
4 years, 2 months ago

The US might need to follow France in imposing curbs

Live Mint  

The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t finished with us yet. A spike in infections in recent weeks has sent new cases to records in a number of places around the world including the US, which already weathered two waves of outbreaks this year. That gap stretched to about two weeks during the second “Sun Belt” wave from 11 June to 14 September, …

Europe and US pass coronavirus milestones as France locks down
4 years, 2 months ago

Europe and US pass coronavirus milestones as France locks down

Live Mint  

Europe passed 10 million coronavirus infections, the United States topped nine million and France entered a new lockdown on Friday as the resurgent pandemic increasingly forced other countries to consider following suit. Belgium became the latest European country to tighten restrictions as virus numbers skyrocket across the continent, which recorded 41 percent more cases this week than the previous seven …

France imposes month-long national lockdown as covid cases surge: What changes in new shutdown
4 years, 2 months ago

France imposes month-long national lockdown as covid cases surge: What changes in new shutdown

India TV News  

French President Emmanuel Macron ordered his country into a new month-long, nationwide lockdown Wednesday aimed at stopping a fast-rising tide of virus patients filling French hospitals, but said schools and some workplaces will stay open. France announces new month-long lockdown | What we know With over 520 deaths recorded Tuesday, the French leader said the measure that will come into …

Coronavirus France: Macron's 5,000-a-day cases target is impossible, scientific adviser says
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus France: Macron's 5,000-a-day cases target is impossible, scientific adviser says

Daily Mail  

French lockdown restrictions due to come into force Friday morning at 00:01am Emmanuel Macron's target of slashing France's coronavirus infections to 5,000 a day is impossible to achieve in the month-long lockdown he announced last night, his top scientific adviser said today. French leader Emmanuel Macron last night announced a new nationwide lockdown, claiming that 400,000 people will die of …

Belgium asks doctors with coronavirus to keep working as cases surge
4 years, 2 months ago

Belgium asks doctors with coronavirus to keep working as cases surge

The Independent  

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France has ‘lost control’ of coronavirus, doctor warns, as Europe wrestles with big second wave
4 years, 2 months ago

France has ‘lost control’ of coronavirus, doctor warns, as Europe wrestles with big second wave

LA Times  

A French doctor warned Monday that his country has “lost control of the epidemic,” a day after health authorities reported more than 52,000 new coronavirus cases and as nations across Europe enact more sweeping restrictions to try to slow surging infection rates. In France, Dr. Jean-François Delfraissy, president of the scientific council that advises the French government on the coronavirus, …

Dutch hospital airlifts patients to Germany amid coronavirus surge in Europe
4 years, 2 months ago

Dutch hospital airlifts patients to Germany amid coronavirus surge in Europe

LA Times  

A COVID-19 patient from the Netherlands arrives by helicopter for treatment Friday at University Hospital in Muenster, Germany. “We have to step up the fight,” he said in a televised address to the nation, which this week became the first European country to surpass 1 million officially recorded COVID-19 cases. The Dutch airlift to a hospital in the German city …

As virus fills French ICUs anew, doctors ask what went wrong
4 years, 2 months ago

As virus fills French ICUs anew, doctors ask what went wrong

Associated Press  

PARIS — During a single overnight shift this week, three new COVID-19 patients were rushed into Dr. Karim Debbat’s small intensive care ward in the southern French city of Arles. It now has more virus patients than during the pandemic’s first wave and is scrambling to create new ICU beds elsewhere in the hospital to accommodate the sick. Despite being …

Paris hospitals on emergency footing as virus cases rise
4 years, 3 months ago

Paris hospitals on emergency footing as virus cases rise

Associated Press  

PARIS — French health authorities on Thursday ordered Paris hospitals to activate emergency measures to cope with fast-rising numbers of COVID-19 patients and announced stricter restrictions in four big cities were the virus is spreading rapidly. Health Minister Olivier Veran said the virus situation “keeps deteriorating in France unfortunately” with “more and more people infected” and “more and more people …

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