As hospital pressure stabilizes, the government began lifting health restrictions this Wednesday, February 2, to lighten the daily lives of the French a little. Follow here all the news related to the health situation in France and around the world.
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The number of active cases, that is to say people who tested positive for Covid-19 in the last seven days, has quadrupled in one week in Polynesia, according to figures communicated on Friday February 4 by the Management of local health.
It listed 579 active cases on January 28, compared to 2,080 on February 4. The incidence rate now stands at 753 per 100,000 population, down from 317 per 100,000 the previous week.
However, given the low number of tests carried out, these figures “underestimate the actual circulation of the virus”, according to epidemiologist Henri-Pierre Mallet.
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Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec: Opponents of health measures in Canada, some of whom have occupied the city center of the federal capital for a week, have again planned to demonstrate on Saturday in several cities to demand the lifting of restrictions.
This protest, part of a movement of truckers in the west of the country, has turned into an occupation of Ottawa: for eight days, the streets in front of Parliament and under the offices of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been occupied by dozens trucks and demonstrators.