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- In France, there have been thirteen deaths from the new coronavirus in hospitals in the past 24 hours, the lowest level since mid-March. A total of 29,155 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
- The spread of the virus is accelerating in Latin America and in particular in Brazil which registers more than 670,000 cases and 35,900 deaths, a number which many specialists consider to be largely underestimated.
- In the United States, an additional 691 people have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 110,482.
- The coronavirus pandemic exceeds the threshold of 400,000 deaths worldwide .
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12:15 p.m. "You have to move carefully." The Minister of Health Olivier Véran is traveling to Argenteuil (Val d'Oise). "The situation continues to improve," he says, explaining that "the virus does not circulate very much." "I understand the expectations, the impatience [...] but we must move carefully".
12:06 p.m. One third less teleconsultations after deconfinement. The weekly number of medical teleconsultations, which had hovered around a million since April, fell by a third in May after the deconfinement, according to figures transmitted Monday by the Health Insurance. After a late but dazzling take-off, the teleconsultation began its soft landing.
11.59 a.m. Moscow is preparing to relax its restrictions. The Russian capital was preparing this Monday to announce a schedule to gradually ease containment measures in the face of the coronavirus epidemic, of which nearly 9,000 new positive cases have been identified in Russia.
11.53 a.m. The 2020 edition of Art Basel canceled. The Swiss group MCH had to resolve to cancel the 2020 edition of Art Basel, the great contemporary art fair which is held each year in Basel, which caused its price to fall on Monday on the Swiss Stock Exchange. The fair, which is usually held in June, was originally postponed to September due to the pandemic.
11.45 a.m. 100,000 cases in Pakistan, hospitals are reaching saturation point. Pakistan has officially surpassed the 100,000 new coronavirus patient mark, authorities said on Monday, a figure well below reality as hospitals begin to be saturated in the country. On Monday morning, the government reported 103,671 Covid-19 positive cases. He announced on Sunday that the pandemic had crossed the 2,000 death mark in the country.
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11.35 a.m. Economic recovery in New York. In the United States, where anti-racism demonstrations after the death of George Floyd now dominate the news, the deconfinement continues. This week, New York will enter phase 1 of the plan to reopen its economic activities. This phase 1 will allow construction companies and factories in the American economic capital to return to work. Retail businesses will be allowed to reopen in a restricted form.
11:24 a.m. The departmental archives reopen to the public in Chamarande. The reading room will once again welcome enthusiasts of old documents from June 9, with access conditions changed due to the coronavirus epidemic. To read here.
10.59 a.m. The return to the office is appreciated, but scary. After confinement, people who return to work are divided between anxiety and relief. If 30% of employees are satisfied with finding social ties, the same proportion also fears health risks, according to a survey by the Ifop institute.
10:50 a.m. Belgium is entering the third phase of its deconfinement. From this Monday, Belgium is in phase 3 of deconfinement, marked by the return of excursions in the country, the reopening of cafes and restaurants, the possibility of meeting at 10 (against 4 so far). The next deconfinement phases will take place in July (phase 4) and August (phase 5).
10:32 a.m. The number of reported cases worldwide has doubled in just over a month and more than a million new cases of Covid-19 have been officially registered in the past nine days.
At least 7,003,851 cases of infection, including 402,867 deaths, have been reported worldwide.
10:23 am. Bercy wants to convince companies to provide washable masks to employees. The government wants to convince companies to supply fabric masks to their employees rather than imported surgical masks, in the face of the "overcapacity" denounced by certain French industrialists who have been converted to the manufacture of masks.
While around 450 French companies converted to the manufacture of masks during the health crisis, sometimes at the cost of additional investments, "there are 10% of companies that end up with stocks on their hands" today, explains this Monday the Secretary of State for the Economy Agnès Pannier-Runacher on RTL. A meeting will bring together this Monday afternoon "the whole industry" to "prepare the future action plan", she adds.
10:05 a.m. New partial unemployment scheme in effect “one to two years”. The new partial unemployment scheme, which must be defined from this week during consultations with union and employer organizations, will be in effect for "one to two years", announced Monday on franceinfo Muriel Pénicaud, the Minister of Labor. "It is intended to last one to two years, it is part of the cursors that we will decide" during the consultation which should start this Monday, she adds. This deadline is not linked to the end of the five-year term but "to the economic crisis", explains Muriel Pénicaud.
In April, 8.6 million workers were partially unemployed, said the minister.
9:55 a.m. Gradual resumption of commercial flights at Nantes-Atlantique airport. Nantes-Atlantique airport is resuming its commercial flights, suspended since March 30 due to a health crisis, with a single departure for Lyon on Monday chartered by Air France and the implementation of new health measures, indicates management.
The device in the red and white colors of the company Hop! (Air France subsidiary) took off under an overcast sky, shortly after 6:30 am from Nantes airport. With a capacity of 100 seats, the aircraft was three-quarters full, according to Cyril Girot, director general of Nantes Atlantique and Saint-Nazaire Montoir airports.
9:43 a.m. India is reopening places of worship and shopping centers. Shopping centers and places of worship are authorized to reopen this Monday in India, despite an epidemic of new coronavirus still virulent in the country of South Asia. In an attempt to revive a bloodless economy, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has largely relaxed the national confinement in force since the end of March across the country of 1.3 billion inhabitants.
The latest official report on Monday shows 256,611 confirmed cases and 7,135 deaths.
9:32 a.m. The Paris Stock Exchange opens down 0.74%. The Paris Stock Exchange opens down 0.74% on Monday, catching its breath after a week of very strong growth.
9:24 a.m. Over 7 million cases reported worldwide. At least 7,003,851 cases of infection, including 402,867 deaths, have been recorded, particularly in Europe, the continent most affected with 2,275,305 cases and 183,542 deaths, as well as in the United States (1,942,363 cases, including 110,514 deaths). The number of reported cases worldwide has doubled in just over a month and more than a million new cases of Covid-19 have been officially registered in the past nine days.
9:17 a.m. In Finistère, a roller coaster to recover from confinement. La Récré des 3 Curés, the largest amusement park in Brittany, is one of the three parks in France to have reopened this weekend. Our report to read here.
8:59 a.m. 85 billion euros granted to nearly 500,000 companies. Nearly 500,000 companies have benefited from a loan guaranteed by the State (PGE) for a total of 85 billion euros, reports Monday the director general of Bpifrance Nicolas Dufourcq.
8:57 a.m. Digitization of VSEs: "Our site saved our lives during the Covid". Thanks to investments made over the past three years to accelerate its digitalization, the family business Les Bougies de Charroux is overcoming the crisis. Pierre Corgnet, the managing director, recounts this relaunch here.
8:53 a.m. "It is not yet the full recovery", according to Muriel Pénicaud. Minister of Labor Muriel Pénicaud said on France Info: “We are 80% active in the country and acceleration is a matter of good timing and good procedures. "
8:48 a.m. Reinforced controls to track possible partial unemployment fraud. The Minister of Labor Muriel Pénicaud announces more than 50,000 checks "by the end of the summer" to track possible partial-unemployment fraud in companies.
8:36 a.m. Digital transformation, an essential tool to relaunch VSEs-SMEs. The crisis highlights the need to accelerate the digitalization of our small and medium-sized businesses, lagging behind compared to other European countries. Read here.
8:25 a.m. Containment resulted in less alcohol, tobacco and fat. A third of French people say they have gained weight (around 3.2 kg) during confinement, but they have also "been less likely to drink, eat fatty, sweet and salty foods and even less likely to smoke", according to an Odoxa poll published this Monday.
8:15 a.m. The health crisis has "exacerbated" inequalities. The Defender of Rights alerted this Monday in his annual report on the worsening of inequalities during confinement, in a country still undermined by the wiping out of public services and the tense relations between the police and the population. "Social and territorial inequalities, the setbacks of public services already at work have been exacerbated" with the epidemic of coronavirus, estimates Jacques Toubon, who is preparing to leave the independent authority after six years at its head.
After a year 2019 marked by the demonstrations of "yellow vests", his institution has also recorded a jump of almost 29% of files related to "ethics of security", the majority of which relates to the action of the forces of the order.
7.59 a.m. Social distancing: contactless life, why it's so difficult. For fear of the Covid-19, the physical distance recommended by the health authorities deprives us of a more important meaning than it seems. Our decryption to read here.
7.52 a.m. International aid to support Lebanon. Lebanon needs international aid to get out of its economic sinking, amplified by the pandemic, the International Crisis Group estimates this Monday in a new report, stressing however that this assistance must be conditional on the adoption of long-ignored reforms by the political class.
7.44 a.m. "Schools should be reopened more," asks the Medef's deputy president. For Patrick Martin, President and CEO of Medef, the absence of parents at work, blocked by the care of their children, disrupts the recovery of the economy. Our subject to discover here.
7.40 a.m. Strong increase in contamination in Poland. Poland recorded a sharp spike in coronavirus infections over the weekend, particularly linked to a coal mine in the south of the country, the Health Ministry said. The country has listed 1,151 new cases of Covid-19, including 576 on Saturday and 575 on Sunday. Among those infected, almost two thirds are employees of the Zofiowka mine and members of their families, from the town of Jastrzebie-Zdroj.
Poland, a country of 38 million inhabitants, currently has 26,561 cases of coronavirus with 1,157 deaths.
7:30 a.m. Quarantine for travelers arriving in the UK. Anyone arriving in the UK from abroad must observe from this Monday a quarantine of 14 days in order to avoid the importation of new cases of coronavirus into the country, a measure with the contested effectiveness which panics the sectors aviation and tourism.
This fortnight, which will be reviewed by the British government every three weeks, concerns all arrivals by land, sea and air, whether travelers reside or not in the United Kingdom.
7:25 a.m. Sanitary rules at school: parents' fed up. Many families are campaigning to have the very strict protocol in place to fight Covid-19 lightened. To read here.
7:17 a.m. New Zealand no longer has any active cases of coronavirus. Department of Health Director General Ashley Bloomfield saw this step as a success the whole country could be proud of. "The fact that we have no active cases for the first time since February 28 is certainly an important milestone in our journey but, as we have said before, it will be essential to maintain vigilance against the Covid-19", he said in a statement.
New Zealand has been praised for its effective response to the coronavirus epidemic, which involved including strict confinement for seven weeks until May. The South Pacific archipelago, which has a population of five million, has recorded 1,154 confirmed cases and 22 deaths.
7:12 a.m. Santiago, main epidemic focus of Chile. Santiago, where seven of the 18 million Chileans live, is Chile's main epidemic center, with 80% of the contamination and health services on the brink of breakdown. The South American country has recorded records in the past 24 hours, with 96 deaths and 6,405 contaminations, bringing the total death to 2,290.
7:07 a.m. Operation "Good menu": the Michelin Guide wants to restore the taste of restaurants to the French. Gwendal Poullennec, director of the guide, tells us about the launch of the “Good Menu” operation intended to encourage the French to return to restaurants, which have been badly affected by the Covid-19 crisis. Our subject to read here.
6:59 a.m. The Brazilian government publishes divergent figures. The Brazilian Ministry of Health has released two different sets of figures for deaths and infections in the past 24 hours, amid a national controversy over the release of data from the coronavirus epidemic.
The first assessment, sent by the ministry via WhatsApp messaging around 8:30 p.m. (1:30 this Monday in France), reported, with the screenshot of a graph, of 1,382 additional deaths, for a total of 37,312. new infections amounted to 12,581. But a second daily report, published two hours later on the ministry's website, showed a lower death toll (525) but much higher as regards infections (18,912). The department did not specify which of the two assessments was the correct one.
6:52 a.m. Francos in the air, a reduced edition of the Francofolies in July, before a return in 2021. Good news: according to our information, there will be Francos in the air from July 10 to 14 in La Rochelle. And the 2021 poster will bring together almost all the artists canceled this summer and newcomers. Read here.
6:48 a.m. The public authorized in the New Zealand stadiums for the resumption of Super Rugby on Saturday. "Super Rugby Aotearoa will be the first professional rugby competition in the world to allow a massive return of fans to the Covid-19 era when it resumes on Saturday in Dunedin," said the New Zealand Rugby Federation.
6:35 a.m. 691 new deaths in the United States. This brings the total number of Covid-19 deaths in the United States to 110,482, where 1,938,842 cases have been reported.
At the height of the crisis, in mid-April, the United States recorded around 3,000 deaths per day. Now, this figure has dropped to around 1,000 deaths and 20,000 daily infections.
6:25 a.m. 13 new deaths linked to Covid-19 in France. There are a total of 29,155 deaths in the country. This is the lowest daily balance since March 14, i.e. before confinement.
But this can be explained by a lack of data feedback. Only the number of hospital deaths, which totaled 18,805, was updated this weekend.
6.15 a.m. In Brazil, we demonstrate for and against Bolsonaro. In the country, which has more than 670,000 cases and 35,900 deaths, Brazilians oppose on the street to display, respectively, their anger and their support for President Jair Bolsonaro, strongly criticized for his management of the epidemic.
6:10 a.m. Over 400,000 dead worldwide. A total of 400,052 deaths (for 6,929,960 reported cases) have been recorded worldwide, almost half of which in Europe (183,428 deaths).
With 110,482 deaths for 1,938,842 confirmed cases, the United States is the country with the most deaths, ahead of the United Kingdom (40,542 deaths for 286,194 cases), Brazil (35,930 deaths for 672,846 cases) ), Italy (33,846 deaths, 234,801 cases) and France (29,155 deaths, 190,631 cases).
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