The coronavirus at the origin of the disease called “Covid-19” spread in a few months all over the planet. There are 28,771 deaths in France where the health situation has nevertheless improved.
7:33 p.m.
The coronavirus epidemic has caused 57 new deaths in 24 hours in French hospitals, where the number of patients in intensive care continues to drop, according to the assessment communicated Saturday by the Directorate General of Health.
This brings the total death toll to 28,771, including 18,444 in hospital, but the figures for deaths in social and medico-social establishments (Ehpad) will not be updated until Tuesday, the statement said.
“1,325 patients with severe form of Covid-19 are hospitalized in intensive care,” the statement said, 36 less than on Friday. Four regions (Ile-de-France, Grand-Est, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hauts-de-France) account for 73% of patients hospitalized in intensive care.
7:16 p.m.
Many experts and members of the opposition have deemed the decision of the British government to move on to the next phase of deconfinement on Monday “premature”, while the United Kingdom is still strongly affected by the coronavirus epidemic.
Although the country is the second most affected in the world, with more than 38,376 died Saturday in hospitals and retirement homes, England is expanding deconfinement measures on Monday, thereby authorizing the meetings of six people and the partial reopening of schools .
5:50 p.m.
Parc Astérix will reopen on June 15 with new “exceptional” health measures, following the transition to the “green zone” of the Hauts-de-France region, he announced on Saturday.
“Exceptional sanitary procedures will be implemented in attractions, hotels, restaurants and shops in accordance with the recommendations of the authorities following the passage in the green zone of the Hauts-de-France Region”, explains the amusement park in a press release . For example, you will have to wear a mask in the attractions and respect the rules of physical distance.
5.18 p.m.
The British government authorized Saturday the return to closed door of sports competitions from June 1, after more than two months of stoppage because of the Covid-19 pandemic, announced the minister in charge of Sports Oliver Dowden.
“The wait is over. British sport will soon return to safe and tightly controlled conditions, “said the minister at a press conference, paving the way for a resumption of the Premier League football.
4:27 p.m.
India announced on Saturday a significant slackening of the containment instituted to stop the epidemic of coronavirus, with the exception of the regions where the number of infections is still high.
From June 8, access to religious buildings, hotels, restaurants and shopping centers “will be allowed” after consultations with state authorities, according to the Interior Minister, despite a new daily record of contamination in India which has 85,000 cases including 5,000 fatalities.
3.33 p.m.
German pianist Igor Levit started an exceptional 20-hour concert on Saturday during which he will play a unique work by Erik Satie to draw attention to the plight of artists affected by the coronavirus pandemic, noted the AFP.
10.45 am
Edouard Philippe proposed Saturday to postpone to October 4 the referendum on the independence of New Caledonia initially scheduled for September 6, due to the logistical difficulties arising from the coronavirus crisis.
The Prime Minister transmitted a draft decree with this new date to the presidents of the government and the congress of New Caledonia for advisory opinion within 15 days, according to a press release from Matignon. The text is expected to be presented to the Council of Ministers in the second half of June, with the state setting the date for the referendum.
9:29 a.m.
Washington’s break with the World Health Organization (WHO) is “a serious setback for global health,” German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Twitter on Saturday.
Stressing the need to reform the institution, he insisted that the European Union must “commit more” financially after Donald Trump’s execution to cut ties with the WHO he accuses of complacency towards Beijing.
9:06 a.m.
Three weeks after the deconfinement and the return of the French on the roads, Road Safety worries on Saturday of “first alarming figures” with an increase in fatal accidents and a jump of 15% in speeding.
8:44 a.m.
A plane carrying a majority of Germans, about 200 employees and their families, landed in China on Saturday, marking the first return of Europeans to the country since the suspension of visas in late March due to the epidemic.
6:12 am
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou is in quarantine after being in contact with an official who has tested positive for coronavirus.
2:40 a.m.
The United States has recorded 1,225 new deaths from coronavirus in 24 hours, according to the daily count of Johns Hopkins University, which refers, at 8:30 p.m. Friday (00:30 GMT Saturday).
This brings to more than 102,000 the total number of deaths deplored in the country, by far the most bereaved by the pandemic.
1:24 a.m.
Brazil became the fifth country with the most coronavirus deaths on Friday, with 27,878 deaths according to the Ministry of Health, ahead of Spain.
The South American giant had a new day with more than a thousand deaths (1,124 in 24 hours), and a record number of contaminations, with 26,928 in a day, which brings the total to 465,166 since the beginning of the pandemic.
The four officially most bereaved countries are the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy and France, a country that Brazil could quickly overtake since it has about a thousand more deaths.
12:40 am
The restaurants and hairdressing salons of Los Angeles, the main home of Covid-19 in California, were authorized to reopen on Friday on condition of implementing sanitary measures.
12:30 a.m.
A drug, anakinra, initially intended for rheumatic diseases, gives “encouraging” results for severe forms of Covid-19 disease by reducing the risk of death and the need to be put on a ventilator in intensive care, according to a French study that offers a ray of hope.
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