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France recorded 358 deaths from the new coronavirus in 24 hours and 22,848 new positive cases.
A total of 71,998 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
The country has 2,866 people in intensive care, a figure that has not been reached since December 15.
The possibility of a reconfinement of the country is now clearly posed by the executive.
Negative PCR tests will be required before arrival in France for European travelers from Sunday.
US President Joe Biden has promised a mobilization worthy of "wartime" in the face of Covid-19, which has already killed nearly 410,000.
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7:16.
Vaccination goal.
"The goal is to have 70 million people vaccinated at the end of August," said Olivier Véran.
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7:10.
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is confined Guyana Sunday.
Guyana will be confined on Sundays to deal with the Covid-19 epidemic, announces the prefecture of this French territory of the Amazon.
Part of the department will be confined from 7 p.m. on Saturday evening, and the other from Sunday at midnight, in both cases until Monday at 5 a.m.
The three hospitals in Cayenne, Kourou and Saint-Laurent du Maroni are also placed in a white plan.
6:55 am.
Maximum mobilization in the United States.
US President Joe Biden has promised a mobilization worthy of "wartime" in the face of Covid-19, which has already killed nearly 410,000.
Signing in recent hours a series of ten decrees, he announced that anyone arriving by plane in the United States from another country should present a negative test on his arrival and "observe quarantine".
6:45 am.
PCR tests required before arrival in France for European travelers from Sunday.
Paris was pushing in particular to the European Union for the establishment of health controls at intra-community borders.
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6:35 am.
Increase in the number of patients in intensive care.
The upward trend in hospitalizations of Covid-19 patients continues, with the number of patients in intensive care at the highest level since mid-December, according to figures from Public Health France.
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The health authority counts 2,866 people treated in these services reserved for severely ill patients, a figure never reached since December 15.
6.30am.
358 new deaths in France.
A total of 71,998 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
6:20 am.
Contamination on the rise in France.
The number of Covid-19 contaminations continues to increase: there are 22,848 new cases in 24 hours, according to figures from Public Health France.
6:10 am.
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Welcome to this live to follow all the news of the Covid-19 epidemic this Friday, January 22, 2021.