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Day 60 of the second confinement period
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▫️The threat is in the air, even though the executive has not yet made its decision known. Faced with the increase in the number of cases, the government could resort to a third containment, but this time it would only be local. Indeed, the circulation of Sars-Cov2 is particularly important in certain regions, notably in the Great East and in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, whereas the situation is much better in the West of the country. Some areas could be subject to traffic restrictions, or even business closures, to prevent the local health situation from getting out of hand.
There could be some news later today
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▫️2020 is not all about doom and gloom
🔸Polio officially eradicated from the African continent.
🔸A vaccine against Covid-19 created in less than a year.
🔸A second patient is cured of HIV. Nearly a decade after the first confirmed case of a patient who successfully cured HIV, this “London patient,” has shown no sign of the virus for 30 months, according to results published by researchers in March.
🔸Researchers have succeeded in regrowing a nerve. By using polymers and proteins, these scientists at the University of Pittsburgh may have discovered how to minimise damage to nerve fibres.
🔸A robot can treat metastases through the skin. On July 7, at the Institut Gustave Roussy (Villejuif) an operation was performed to destroy cancerous tumors in a liver without opening the patient’s skin.
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▫️I think it calls for a celebration but how?
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France
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Original Targets for December 15th
The number of new daily cases is simply not going down
The number of new cases is low yesterday due to the fact that most labs were closed over Christmas + the usual weekend effect
It is better to look at the 7 days rolling average which is still on the increase.
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Occitanie
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92,03
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Below is the table, as a reminder, of the main parameters
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Glossary
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Latest info on PCR Tests
On paper, more than half of the population has been tested
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Meteo – Wet and cold
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🔹 Storm BELLA has been hitting France during the past couple of days causing some extensive damage in the North & West of the country. In the south west, most departements are now orange status and flooding warnings have been issued. The rain is currently gradually progressing in an easterly direction.
I encourage you to check regularly on Vigie Crue (link at the bottom of the post)
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🔹Top 10 countries according to the new daily cases (yesterday’s data)
It is an absolute disaster in the USA & UK
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🔹I have just received from INSEE a new set of data regarding the population in our region. So I might as well pass it on.
Data source: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/5002669?pk_campaign=avis-parution
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Improve your French
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🔹 Overseas titbits
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🇺🇸 There is so much insanity going on right now over the pond🇺🇸
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🔹Walks / Hikes
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Did not set a foot outside yesterday.
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Pics from where we live
