Archive du mois : septembre 2021

Lancée le 22 septembre, la vaccination des 12-17 ans a déjà permis l’administration de plus de 330 000 doses du vaccin de BioNTech en cinq jours à des collégiens et lycéens. © CNA

28/09/2021

[Taiwan] Covid-19 : plus de la moitié des Taïwanais primo-vaccinés, les restrictions à nouveau assouplies

En date du 27 septembre, 53,5% de la population taïwanaise avaient reçu une première dose d’un vaccin contre le Covid-19. Sur le plan de l’épidémie, la situation est « sous contrôle », avec moins d’un nouveau cas local détecté chaque jour en moyenne au cours de la semaine écoulée. Une évolution positive qui a conduit le Quartier général de lutte contre l’épidémie (CECC) à annoncer de nouveaux allégements des mesures de prévention.

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22/09/2021

[Chine] Harbin intensifie les efforts pour contenir la résurgence de la COVID-19

HARBIN, 22 septembre (Xinhua) — Harbin, capitale de la province du Heilongjiang, dans le nord-est de la Chine, est en état de vigilance élevée après que de nouvelles infections de COVID-19 locales ont été signalées mardi.

The latest research on bats by Chinese researchers focused on samples collected from over 13,000 bats from 56 species across 14 provinces since 2016. © Guangdong Entomological Institute/South China Institute of Endangered Animals

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21/09/2021

[Chine] Covid-19 origins: Chinese study uncovers over 140 bat coronaviruses but says none linked to pandemic

– Since January 2020, team has tested samples from 4,700 bats in regions across the country, finding close relationship with Sars but not Covid-19

– Scientists suggest viruses considered closest to Sars-CoV-2 are ‘extremely rare’ in bats in China

A child is tested for Covid-19 in Xiamen, one of three cities affected by an outbreak of the Delta variant in Fujian province. @ AFP

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20/09/2021

[Chine] China’s Delta outbreak slows as Fujian reports falling case numbers

– The 28 local cases reported on Sunday are the lowest daily tally in the past seven days of the outbreak

– Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan visits three affected cities and stresses the need for strict controls to halt community spread

China is now vaccinating children aged 12 and older. © Xinhua

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17/09/2021

Chinese Covid-19 vaccines: Sinopharm is safe for children as young as 3, says study

– The research also found that the vaccine induced a similar immune response to that found among adults

– The data was released as a fresh cluster of cases in primary school children has intensified the debate about vaccinating under-12s

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17/09/2021

[Japon] Unsafe to lift emergency in 9 prefectures, say health experts

Despite the number of new COVID-19 cases trending downward nationally, hospital bed occupancy rates in nine prefectures still top 50 percent, making it unsafe to lift the state of emergency there, health experts said on Sept. 16.

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16/09/2021

[Chine] Plus d’un milliard de personnes entièrement vaccinées en Chine

BEIJING, 16 septembre (Xinhua) — Plus d’un milliard de personnes en Chine avaient achevé leur vaccination contre la COVID-19 mercredi, selon les chiffres officiels publiés jeudi.

Le campus de l'Institut de virologie de Wuhan, en Chine, le 27 mai 2020. © HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP

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15/09/2021

[Chine] Coronavirus: Did the US fund risky research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology?

– New details about US-financed research in China adds to tensions between Washington and Beijing

– US Senator Rand Paul has repeatedly accused NIAID director Anthony Fauci of lying about US financing for gain of function research

Bain de mer à la plage de Dadonghai à Sanya sur l'île tropicale chinoise de Hainan.© Les Échos

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15/09/2021

[Chine] Covid-19 : la tolérance zéro pèse sur l’économie chinoise

La croissance d’une série d’indicateurs a encore fortement ralenti en août, en raison du Covid et de réglementations plus strictes sur le marché immobilier.

A researcher swaps samples from a bat's mouth in Thailand. Almost two dozen bat species that can be infected by coronaviruses dwell in parts of Asia. @ AP

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15/09/2021

[Asie] Thousands in China, Southeast Asia infected annually by animals carrying coronaviruses, raising pandemic risk: study

– The EcoHealth Alliance and Singapore’s Duke-NUS Medical School modelled bat distribution to estimate the risk of exposure to Sars-related coronaviruses

– They found about 400,000 get mild infections each year. The study comes amid contentious debate on how Covid-19 originated

An alley is closed off as Xiamen goes into lockdown, with all residential areas placed in “closed-loop” management as authorities continue to battle an outbreak of the Covid-19 Delta variant in Fujian province, southeastern China. @ Getty Images

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14/09/2021

[Chine] Children in quarantine, city in lockdown as China battles Covid-19 outbreak

– Mid-Autumn Festival plans cancelled and residents ordered to stay home in Xiamen, as Delta variant continues to spread

– Kindergarten and primary schoolchildren among more than 1,000 contacts in quarantine

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13/09/2021

[Viêt Nam] Coronavirus au Vietnam : Quinze personnes fuient l’épidémie à bord d’un camion frigorifique

Pénalisé par la lenteur de sa campagne de vaccination, le pays d’Asie est actuellement frappé par une vague de Covid-19 sans précédent.

Le premier ministre, Su Tseng-chang, a détaillé le 9 septembre le nouveau budget spécial de 160 milliards de TWD destiné aux programmes de soutien économique. © CNA

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13/09/2021

[Taiwan] Covid-19 : un nouveau budget spécial vient renforcer le soutien à l’économie

Le Yuan exécutif a dévoilé le 9 septembre un nouveau budget spécial de 160 milliards de dollars taïwanais (TWD) visant à soutenir les entreprises et ménages les plus touchés par les conséquences de l’épidémie de Covid-19 à Taiwan, à relancer la consommation et à poursuivre les mesures de prévention contre le coronavirus. Il s’agit du cinquième budget spécial en rapport avec l’épidémie adopté depuis février 2020.

Mass testing has been ordered in China’s southeastern province of Fujian to control a Covid-19 outbreak. @ AP

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13/09/2021

[Chine] China’s latest Covid-19 outbreak spreads in Fujian province

– 22 new cases reported on Monday in the southeastern province, with initial testing showing Delta variant to blame
– The latest infections have been linked to an adult who returned from Singapore in early August

Sinopharm’s jabs are among the inactivated Chinese vaccines being exported around the world. @ Reuters

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13/09/2021

[Chine] Chinese vaccines’ value clarified by real-world data as exports near 1 billion

– Studies in various countries suggest China’s inactivated vaccines may be less effective overall than other jabs but protect against severe illness or death

– Some nations have wavered about administering the vaccines, but experts say they do help governments in need fight the coronavirus