[EN DIRECT 28 MARS] All the developments of the pandemic

Whether in Quebec or elsewhere on the planet, the COVID-19 pandemic has been disrupting our lives for nearly a year.

Here you will find all the news throughout the day related to this crisis affecting the population, governments and the economy.

The balance sheets

PLANETARY

Case: 126 855 925

Dead: 2,779,155

CANADA

Case: 964,448, whose 308 311 in Quebec

Death: 22 873, whose 10 647 in Quebec

HERE ARE ALL THE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 28 MARCH

11:00 am | Quebec reports 917 additional cases and two new deaths

Quebec reports 917 cases of COVID and two deaths, bringing the total to 308,311 infected people and 10,647 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

10:34 am | In Quebec, the average patient is no longer the same

Patients with COVID-19 who end up in intensive care are younger and younger than during the first and second waves, noted a doctor from Quebec.

“It is no longer elderly, immunosuppressed, transplanted people who come to our intensive care,” noted Dr. Mathieu Simon, head of intensive care at the University Institute of Cardiology and Pneumology of Quebec, in an interview with TVA Nouvelles .

8:07 am | Putin calls on Russians to get coronavirus vaccine

President Vladimir Putin on Sunday called on the Russians to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, a “necessary” gesture, less than a week after he himself received the injection in private, away from the cameras.

This call comes as Russia is still struggling to vaccinate its population, almost four months after the release of its flagship vaccine, Sputnik V. Only 4 million received the two doses and another 2 million the first, or only 4 % of the Russian population, far from the rate posted in other countries such as the United States or the United Kingdom.

8:07 am | Decisive week in France under the pressure of the third wave

France is entering a decisive week under the pressure of the third wave of the COVID-19 epidemic, the outbreak of which is causing the increase in alarm signals at the hospital and calls for stricter measures.

Saturation of hospitals, outdated schools: will there be an additional turn of the screw this week? “Nothing is decided,” replied President Emmanuel Macron in the Sunday Journal.

1 h 18 | Virus: Australia stops supporting wages, a “cruel” decision, unions say

Australia ended Sunday a wage support scheme that was created a year ago to help employees amid the health crisis, a move deemed “cruel” by unions, which could push 150 000 people towards unemployment.

1 hour | A pandemic of insomnia: sleeping pills do not solve everything

A thirty-something from the Montérégie whose life was turned upside down by the pandemic had to start taking sleeping pills again after two years without needing them. She cautions against the benefits of zopiclone.

0 h 45 | Taste and smell lost forever, the anguish of COVID-19 survivors

Suddenly, three days after testing positive for COVID-19, “everything tasted like cardboard”: Elizabeth Medina, 38, lost taste and smell at the start of the pandemic in March 2020. A year later, she despairs at the idea of ​​never getting them back.

0 h | Gabriel won’t soon forget his seventh birthday

A father was able to offer an unforgettable birthday to his son depressed by the pandemic thanks to the mobilization of the community after launching a cry from the heart that went viral on social networks.

“It is the most beautiful day of my life, I will remember it all my life,” said young Gabriel, just 7 years old, thanking his parents yesterday after many surprises punctuated his day of ‘anniversary.