Day: 9 February 2017

The Rainier III Auditorium was the venue on Wednesday, February 8, for the 11th Meeting of the Bank and Finance Trades.

The event brought together more than 500 visitors throughout the day. Eighty-five brands were represented, 27 schools, plus the National Education Information Centre, 16 banks and 42 companies.

Mrs Sophie Vincent, Deputy Director of Labor, was in charge of the event. She said:

“The objective of the Forum is to reinforce the use of this real recruitment tool. We must maintain the number of visitors while continuing to forge links between the Employment Service – the Youth Employment Unit, in particular – and businesses.”

The number of new apprenticeship contracts signed, 147, was 30 percent more than last year.

Mr.Stéphane Valeri, Minister of Healt h and Social Affairs, visited the event. He spoke at length with business and school leaders, as well as with some of the local young people.

At the end of the day, three prizes were awarded, two for Best Apprentice – Kevin Mottais (KPMG GLD and Associates) and Anne-Dorothée Scariot (BNP Paribas) – and the Special Jury Prize went to Sabrina Gottenkieny (Crudeli Monaco).

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High school students in the Principality have had a second information session on how to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS.

On Thursday, February 9, and Friday, February 10, students are participating in the “Zapping Afternoon” in the Salle des Variétés, as presented by the Association Solidarité Sida.

These sessions are organised by the Directorate of National Education, Youth and Sports, Combat Aids Monaco and the Monegasque Red Cross. Students of the Technical and Hotel School of Monaco, the Lycée François d’Assise-Nicolas Barré, and the Football Training Centre of AS Monaco are encouraged to speak freely about sexuality as well as the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Stands of the Anonymous and Free Tracing Centre (CDAG) and various associations are also part of the presentations.

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Although the peak of influenza infections has passed, the flu associated dangers are still present, the French public health service said on Wednesday.

So far, 14,300 deaths have been attributed to flu as a contributory factor, most occurring in patients with other underlying conditions.

The health service has reported that there has been a decrease in visits to the doctor for influenza-like illness, with 340 consultations per 100,000 inhabitants during the week of January 30 to February 5, compared with 429 the week before.

All regions of metropolitan France remain in “epidemic phase”, however.

The seasonal flu epidemic of seasonal influenza normally lasts for an average duration of nine weeks in France, according to historical data recorded since 1984. It sometimes lasts longer, as in the winter 2009-2010, when it lasted for over 16 weeks.

The vast majority of severe cases – 68 percent – involved patients aged 65 years and older. In the past week alone, 3,599 emergencies were linked to influenza, of which 625 required hospitalisation.

The “increase in all-cause mortality” observed since mid-December “concerns almost exclusively people aged 65 or more,” also notes the public agency.

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The eleventh annual working meeting of ACCOBAMS has taken place at the Novotel in Monaco. The Scientific Committee of the Agreement on the Conservation of Marine Mammals has the task of implementing the policy decisions stemming from the meeting of the national signatories of the accord in November, 2016.

Among the tasks for the coming year will be the mitigation of the impact of underwater noise generated by human activities. Work will also focus on carrying out a global inventory of marine mammals in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and identifying areas of particular importance for the conservation of whales, dolphins and porpoises.

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