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DIRECT. Coronavirus: resumption of religious ceremonies officially authorized

2020-05-23T05:47:01.547Z


The French take advantage of this long Ascension bridge to continue to come out of confinement, more and more scientists expecting, with


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  • France has recorded 74 additional deaths from the new coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Public Health France accounts for 17,944 deaths in hospitals, bringing the total number of deaths since March 1 (including retirement homes) to 28,289.
  • Religious ceremonies will be able to resume as of this Saturday, according to the conditions fixed by a decree published in the official journal and immediately entered into force.
  • The United States, the most bereaved country in the world, records an additional 1,260 deaths in 24 hours. This brings to more than 95,921 the total number of deaths deplored in the country.
  • The coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 335,538 people since its onset in December in China.

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7.40 a.m. What hides the triumphalism displayed by Beijing. After trying to seduce the world by offering its help during the crisis, the regime of Xi Jinping hardens the tone. Law to muzzle the protest in Hong Kong, increase in the military budget, triumphal propaganda ... Communist China returns to basics. To discover here.

7:35 a.m. Hertz declares bankruptcy in the United States and Canada. The American car rental company Hertz, more than a century old and known throughout the world, placed itself on Friday under the American regime of bankruptcies, decimated by the pandemic of Covid-19. For the time being, this procedure only concerns its operations in the United States and Canada, specifies the emblematic group. It thus spares its main operational regions, notably Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

7:30 a.m. The resumption of religious celebrations officially authorized. The government publishes this Saturday a decree authorizing an immediate resumption of public worship, subject to compliance with health rules (hand disinfection and mandatory mask, filtering at the entrance to places of worship).

This text complements a decree of May 11 on measures to combat Covid-19 in the context of the state of health emergency.

7:25 a.m. Over 1,200 dead in the United States in 24 hours. The United States has an additional 1,260 deaths from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours.

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This brings to more than 95,921 the total number of deaths deplored in the country, by far the most mourning in the world in absolute terms, where some 1.6 million cases have been recorded since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

7.20am. 74 new deaths in France. The decline in the number of coronavirus patients hospitalized in intensive care continues in France. Public Health France indicates that 74 additional deaths have occurred in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of deaths in the country to 28,289 since March 1.

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7.15 a.m. A total of 335,538 deaths worldwide. The coronavirus pandemic has claimed at least 335,538 lives since its onset in December in China.

7:10 a.m. Second round of municipal elections: June 28 under close surveillance. Postponed because of the coronavirus, the vote will finally take place on June 28 with special health precautions, announced Edouard Philippe. A “reversible” decision if the epidemic were to start rising again and therefore a high-risk vote for the executive.

VIDEO. Municipal on June 28: there was no political “consensus” on the issue

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