Coronavirus: Rio postpones its carnival scheduled for February, follow our live

The essential :

• More than 16,000 new cases were recorded in France between Wednesday and Thursday in France.

  The increase in tests can no longer explain this inflammation.

  Of particular concern is the resurgence of the epidemic among the elderly.

• Will fifteen days be enough to calm the storm, in France, in areas of heightened and maximum alert?

  Caregivers such as catering and sports companies hope so.

• Are religious services and private sports lessons affected by the new measures announced Wednesday by Olivier Véran?

  Prefectural decisions should clarify all this today or tomorrow.

  In the meantime, what we already know about what can remain open or must close can be read here.

> Follow the evolution of the situation live:

6:35 am.

Good news in Peru.

The Andean country yesterday recorded 68 deaths linked to the coronavirus, the lowest daily figure in nearly five months.

6,235 new infections were also recorded in 24 hours.

6.30am.

Rio will not be dancing in February.

“We came to the conclusion that the event should be postponed.

We just can't do it in February, ”Jorge Castanheira, president of the Independent League of Samba Schools in Rio de Janeiro, which holds the event every year in February, told reporters.

In Brazil, the pandemic has already killed 139,808 people.

6:25 am.

The EU calls for tightening the screws.

“In some states, the situation is now worse than the peak (of the epidemic) in March.

It is a cause for concern.

[…] All states must immediately and in time deploy measures at the first signs of new potential outbreaks, ”warned European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides.

6:20 am.

Hello and welcome to this live.

We take you in particular to Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Czech Republic and Malta where the increase in contamination worries the European Union.

They show "a higher proportion of serious cases or hospitalization", with an increase in mortality "already observed" or "which could be soon", worried the European Center for the prevention and control of diseases. (ECDC).

In France, restaurateurs are worried about the new restrictions.

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