The EU is preparing to fix nine months, after a first complete vaccination, the validity duration of the COVVI-19 vaccination certificate for intra-European travel.The European Commission and the European Council said Thursday, December 16, that they intended to encourage reminders.At a summit in Brussels, the managers stressed "the importance of a coordinated approach on the validity of the EU anti-Cavid vaccination certificate and took note of the fact that the commission will adopt a delegated act on thequestion ", according to the conclusions published Thursday.Also, this delegated act, which has a binding value, must be adopted next week by the European executive, and should come into force in February, AFP learned from European sources.Follow our direct.
The European Medicines Agency approves emergency use of pfizer treatment.The European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the use in an emergency in the EU of the anti-COVIVE pill of Pfizer, the Paxlovid, even if, for the time being, it has not yet receivedComplete marketing authorization.The drug "can be used to treat adults with COVVI-19 which do not need additional oxygen and who have an increased risk of developing a severe form of the disease," said EMA in a press release.
The European Medicines Agency approves two treatments against SARS-COV-2.The European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved two new treatments on Thursday: that by monoclonal antibody from Glaxosmithkline, the Xevudy, as well as an immunosuppressant medication already authorized in the EU for the treatment of various inflammatory conditions, Kineret, marketedby the Swedish company Orphan Biovitrum AB.The treatment of GSK "is intended for the treatment of COVVI-19 in adults and adolescents [over 12 years of years] who do not need additional oxygen and who have an increased risk of severity of the disease," saidspecified the EMA in a press release (link in English) while the use of kineret was "extended to the treatment of COVVI-19 in adult patients (...) needing an oxygen supplement (...) and which risk developing severe respiratory failure ".
The government imposes new restrictions on the border with the United Kingdom from Saturday."We are going to set up a border control with the even more drastic United Kingdom," the government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on BFMTV on Thursday on BFMTV on Thursday.To combat the propagation of the omicron variant, the validity duration of the tests requested after the United Kingdom will go from 48 hours to 24 hours.In addition, travel reasons will be "limited to French residents and their families".The trips of "tourism or professionals for people who are not residents in France will be limited".
A septan imposed on the return of the United Kingdom.Isolation will also be required on arrival, in a place that travelers "will choose for seven days, with control of the security forces", but which can be "raised after 48 hours" if a test carried out at the'Arrival in France is negative."We will have to register on an application that will generate a prefectural isolation decree," said Gabriel Attal.
The return of "imperious reasons".The French government announced Thursday to restore on Saturday the obligation of "imperious reasons" for travelers from the United Kingdom "for non-vaccinated people as vaccinated people".
A summit in Brussels to coordinate.The leaders of the twenty-seven will try Thursday to improve their coordination in the face of the outbreak of omicron, which prompted several countries to restrict the conditions of entry into their territory in a unilateral way, such as Ireland, Portugal, the'Italy and Greece.
A record of tests carried out.More than 5.8 million COVVI-19 screening tests were carried out last week, a record level exceeding the peak of August, according to figures published Thursday by the Ministry of Health.
Meeting tomorrow at the Elysée.A health defense will be held on Friday afternoon, the Elysée announced.Government spokesperson Gabriel Attal said possible "new decisions" to come.
