The essential
- According to the latest report from Public Health France, 23 people have died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. 1,007 patients are hospitalized in critical care, a number that is steadily declining.
- In France, 6,291 positive cases have been identified in the past 24 hours. They were 4,899 last Saturday, the day after the end of the reimbursement of tests for some unvaccinated people.
- On Saturday, 40,000 people, according to the Ministry of the Interior, mobilized across France for the 15th time against the health pass and the government’s policy in the face of Covid.
- 49,818,798 people now have a complete vaccination schedule, or 73.9% of the total French population.
- In Germany and Russia, contaminations are skyrocketing. The Bulgarian health system is so saturated that the authorities have asked neighboring Romania to increase its level of restrictions.
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Follow the events of the day live:
9 hours. Eastern Europe in a wave. Russia, Ukraine and Romania are among the five countries with the highest number of deaths in the world in recent days. Despite having only 4% of the world’s population, Eastern Europe accounts for around 20% of all new cases reported daily globally.
8:55 am. PreCovid gauge for the Clasico. 65,000 spectators are expected tonight at the Stade Vélodrome for the OM-PSG match.
8.45 a.m. Great Britain wants to carry its research. As part of the three-year public expenditure review plan to be announced in a few days, 5 billion pounds (5.9 billion euros) will be allocated to funding research in the field of health and 3 billion pounds (3.5 billion euros) to higher education, the finance ministry announced late Saturday evening.
8h30. À Bangkok, restrictions = kratom. Bars in the Thai capital, which have been unable to sell alcohol for months to prevent the spread of the virus, found a vein with the decriminalization in August of kratom. This tropical plant, from the same family as coffee, stimulates the same brain receptors as morphine but with much milder effects. Kratom is used in some bars to make mocktails.
8:15 am. Worrisome situation in Germany. New infections continue to increase, to the point that the incidence rate over seven days reached this Sunday of 106.3. In one week, new daily infections dropped from around 8,600 to around 13,700.
8:05 am. Flahault in the same fashion. Arnaud Fontanet’s observation (below) is shared by epidemiologist Antoine Flahault. “In France and in Europe, the ventilation of confined spaces has been neglected a lot. However, the coronavirus is transmitted almost only in these places: classrooms, lecture halls, open space, public transport. We are not investing enough, ”he judged last night on France 5.
8 hours. Open the windows. “We go back to living indoors, windows closed. As expected, there is a resumption of the epidemic in Europe, especially in the north and east of the continent ”, notes, in the JDD, Professor Arnaud Fontanet. And it will continue, he said. He warns against aerosol transmission in closed places, and insists on the need to regularly open doors and windows, in the office, at school, at home, to evacuate these invisible droplets potentially carrying viruses.
7:48 am. In India, the situation is still improving. 15,906 new cases of Covid have been identified in the past 24 hours, as well as 561 deaths. This is less than the 666 dead the day before, for a country with more than 1.2 billion inhabitants. The total number of deaths due to the pandemic stands at 454,269, a number to be put into perspective, however, given the vastness of the country, meshed with large rural areas poor in care and urban vastness.
7:35. Australia dreams of its Boxing Day. The Prime Minister of the Australian state of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, praised the residents for playing the game and getting their vaccines in record time. The 80% mark will be reached next Friday, that of 90 around November 24, he said. And that’s why he hopes to see crowds of over 80,000 at Melbourne Cricket Ground for the Boxing Day Test on December 26 between Australia and England. All vaccinated.
7:30 am. Relief for millions of Australians. The Prime Minister of the state of Victoria, which represents 6.7 million people, announced on Sunday that from Friday, when 80% of the population reaches a full vaccination rate of 80%, residents will be able to stop wearing the mask outside, and move statewide. Melbourne, the capital, has suffered 262 days of restrictions since March 2020, longer than Buenos Aires’ 234 days of continuous containment. On Sunday, the state of Victoria recorded 1,935 new cases of coronavirus and 11 deaths.
7:20 a.m. The Wuhan Marathon did not take place. While China reported 26 new symptomatic cases of Covid this Sunday, just over 100 days before the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the organizers of the marathon in the city from which the pandemic started had took the lead by canceling the event. Authorities are working to contain the infection with massive testing of residents and targeted closures. 26,000 runners were registered.
7:10 am. In the United States, the employment paradox. The expiration in September of the more generous unemployment benefits put in place at the start of the pandemic has not been accompanied by a rush for jobs and 10 million jobs remain to be filled. The holiday season will not help matters: logistics company GXO must recruit 9,000 seasonal workers to deliver on time, but this is without comparison with the needs of Amazon and Walmart (150,000 recruits each), UPS or FedEx ( 90,000 to 100,000 each).
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