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11:16 : The article of our journalist Mathieu Lehot-Couette teaches us in particular that in South Africa, the curve of cases linked to Omicron reached its peak after a month, before turning around as quickly as it had risen sharply. Good news ? Maybe, but be careful: the southern hemisphere has entered its summer season since December 21. This period is less conducive to the circulation of the virus, which spreads especially in enclosed and unventilated places.
10h48 : What is the impact of Omicron in countries already confronted for several weeks with this new variant? Our journalist Mathieu Lehot-Couette sifted through the epidemic indicators in South Africa, England and Denmark to get an idea.
10:45 a.m. : Hello @Married and . Like you, I’m in the dark on the subject, but we should normally find out a little more quickly, possibly in the next few hours. Monday, Jean Castex had indeed announced that new isolation rules for patients and their contacts would be set by the government “by the end of the week, once the consultations are completed” scientific bodies. “It will be a question both of adapting these durations according to the variant and here again of placing less strain on the vaccinated persons”, then added the Prime Minister. Unfortunately, we have not heard from this since.
10:44 am : Hello franceinfo, with all the contaminations, we are not talking about reducing the duration of isolation? The start of the school year is going to be hellish !!!
10:44 am : Hello, do you know when the isolation measures will be changed? I’m positive and don’t know if my kids have to go to school on Monday.
10:43 am : We will be a few friends (7 adults and 5 children). We do a self-test before meeting but otherwise we will try to celebrate as if there was no Covid (without kissing too much anyway!) We all need a semblance of normality even if this is only for a few hours. Thank you for your hard work throughout the year and a happy and wonderful 2022 everyone.
10:43 am : Positive for the Covid, I spend the evening at home but there TV and France 2 will comfort me with the big evening at Chantilly! ?
10:08 : Hello Franceinfo! We wanted to dance the night away with friends, and celebrate the arrival of 2022 with dignity. We quickly knew that would not be possible, so New Years Eve at home… and that will be very good too. ? Happy New Years Eve everyone!
10:42 am : Yes, instead of going to Arcachon to wake up with some friends not seen for two years for some, we are going to have a raclette with only my parents, themselves deprived of their friends in case of contact. It’s less fun but safer, and quieter … ??
10:42 am : Being libertines, we let you guess. Vaccines and negative PCR tests requested by our hosts.
10:42 am : With my partner, we get tested. If one of us is positive, we will cancel what we had planned with our friends. It’s a shame but let’s protect ourselves and protect others!
10:42 am : Many, many of you tell us about your New Year’s Eve plans, which are often upset by the health situation. This is also my case. I wish you all the best of luck, and of course a good last day of the year!
10:00 a.m. : Doctors, epidemiologists and infectious diseases in general advise against positive people to get together for the evening of New Year’s Eve. Because mEven if they are limited, the risks of reinfection and co-infection exist, as well as the possibility of infecting negative people on the way to the place of the party. We explain everything to you here.
09:59 : Faced with the strong epidemic outbreak, some people infected with Covid-19 are considering waking up between people who have tested positive. What to think of this idea? Our journalists Benoît Zagdoun and Pauline Lecouvé interviewed specialists.
10:41 a.m. : Little curiosity: how do you plan to spend New Years Eve tonight? Did the health situation prompt you to review your plans?
10:41 a.m. : Corsica-Morning, Eastern Republican, Free Charente … Many regional dailies devote their front pages to the New Year’s festivities once again disrupted by the Covid-19. 
9:44 a.m. : Despite Covid-19, medical desertification is gaining ground in France. Latest example in the Bouches-du-Rhône: due to the lack of available practitioners, the SOS Médecins association has just announced that it will no longer intervene in a sector around Aix-en-Provence from March 1st.
09:22 : #PRESIDENTIAL The Parisian devotes its front page to the uncertainty that the health situation poses to the electoral campaign. Last day of the year requires, the daily also looks back on the personalities who marked the year.
10:39 a.m. : Public Health France has therefore confirmed that the Omicron variant has become the majority in contaminations in France. According to his data, 20-40 year olds are the most affected by this variant.
9:09 a.m. : This news announced, places the first point on the news:
France is hit hard by the Omicron variant, which has become the majority in Covid-19 contaminations. No less than 206,243 new cases were identified yesterday by the health authorities.
• How to celebrate the transition to the New Year in such a tense health context? While Olivier Véran announced on Wednesday that more than a million French people were currently positive for Covid-19, some could be tempted to feast between infected people. Good idea ? Not so sure.
• Emmanuel Macron will send at 8 p.m. the last wishes of his term as president. The entourage of the Head of State assures Franceinfo that his speech will be proactive and optimistic, despite the health situation which borders on “shit”, according to one of his friends.
• Joe Biden threatened Vladimir Putin with a firm response to any Russian invasion in Ukraine, during a telephone exchange last night. The Russian president for his part affirmed that new sanctions against Moscow would be “a colossal mistake”.
9:05 am : In details, “62.4% of the tests screened showed a profile compatible with the Omicron variant” at the start of the last week of the year, against 15% the previous one, notes the public agency in its last weekly survey.
9:04 am : The Omicron variant is now the majority among Covid-19 infections in France, announces Public Health France.