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In France, 301 deaths from the new coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
A total of 96,308 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
The Minister of Health Olivier Véran says that the epidemic peak could occur at the end of next week, with a peak in the intensive care units at the end of April.
To date, 5,254 patients are hospitalized in critical care.
The closure of schools and nurseries for three to four weeks turns the lives of families upside down, especially those with large age ranges.
In France, we fear mayhem in stations and on the roads at the time of the big departures for the Easter weekend, before their ban for a month.
The pandemic has killed more than 2.8 million people worldwide since the end of December 2019.
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7:59 am.
AstraZeneca: Questions are mounting around possible side effects.
How to explain the serious - and rare - blood problems observed in some people vaccinated against Covid-19 with AstraZeneca?
This nagging question remains unanswered before another meeting of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) next week.
"No causal link has been proven, but it is possible and additional analyzes are underway," assures the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which will meet again on the case from 6 to 9 April.
7.45 a.m.
More than 100 million people have received at least one dose of an anti-Covid vaccine in the United States.
In detail, more than 101.8 million people have received at least one injection of the vaccine, and 58 million people are fully vaccinated, including more than one in two people over 65 years.
Confirming the dramatic rise of the American vaccination campaign, President Joe Biden has promised that 90% of adults will be eligible for the vaccine by April 19, and announced the goal of 200 million injections on the hundredth day upon taking office.
7:35.
Easter weekend and holidays: an update on possible or prohibited travel.
The measures in force in 19 departments are extended from this Saturday 7 p.m. to all of metropolitan France.
But a certain flexibility will be granted during this Easter weekend and until Monday April 5 at 7 p.m.
We take stock in this article.
7:20 a.m.
In France, 301 new deaths in hospital in 24 hours.
A total of 96,308 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
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7:15 am.
In France, in critical care, the peak of the “second wave” has almost been reached.
28,729 coronavirus patients are hospitalized, including 5,254 in critical care.
7:10.
The self-tests will arrive in pharmacies on April 12.
The Covid-19 self-tests will be available in pharmacies from April 12, announces the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, in an interview with the online media Brut.
7:05 am.
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