The essential :
Emmanuel Macron unveiled new measures on Wednesday evening to deal with the pandemic, including a curfew in Île-de-France and in eight metropolises at 9 p.m. from Saturday.
22,591 new cases were identified in 24 hours in France between Tuesday and Wednesday, while 104 people died in hospital over the same period.
Germany, for its part, has counted 6,638 new cases in 24 hours, which is a record since the start of the pandemic.
Live events:
6:28 a.m. Details expected at 2 p.m.
Jean Castex and four ministers (Olivier Véran, Gérald Darmanin, Bruno Le Maire, and Elisabeth Borne) will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. to detail the new measures taken in France.
You can of course follow her in this direct.
6:16.
Record cases in Germany.
Our neighbor has 6,638 cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, a record for the country since the outbreak of the pandemic, according to official data released Thursday.
On Wednesday evening, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced new restrictions, including limiting gatherings in public establishments to 25 people.
6:10 am.
The state of health emergency in the official journal.
The decree providing for the reestablishment of the state of health emergency throughout the national territory from midnight on the night of Friday to Saturday was published in the Official Journal on Wednesday, October 15.
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We will follow in this direct all the news related to the Covid-19 crisis in France and in the world this Thursday, the day after the interview with Emmanuel Macron.
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VIDEO. Covid-19: curfew between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. in Ile-de-France and in 8 metropolises, from Saturday