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In France, 377 deaths from the new coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
In total, the Covid-19 has caused 56,352 deaths in the country.
Alert on the deconfinement promised on December 15.
France is "still far from the goal of going below the 5,000 daily contamination mark", a course set by Emmanuel Macron.
The United Kingdom began a massive vaccination campaign on Monday by administering the first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine to the most vulnerable people.
The United States has recorded nearly 220,000 new infections and 2,500 new deaths in 24 hours.
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8:10 am.
Cold sweats for cultivation.
Will France come out of confinement as planned on December 15?
Faced with a Covid-19 virus still active as Christmas approaches, the executive does not rule out modifying its plans, giving the world of culture a cold sweat.
First answers this Wednesday morning at the end of the defense council at the Elysee Palace.
7:58 a.m.
Doubts about deconfinement: the government facing the Christmas dilemma.
Covid-19 contaminations remain far from the objectives which had been set by Emmanuel Macron to loosen the stranglehold of restrictions on December 15, before the holidays.
Should we fear another turn of the screw?
Response Thursday, the day after a new Defense Council scheduled for Wednesday morning.
Read here.
7:49 am.
The
're online sexual abuse against children jumped for containment.
Young people deprived of school and predators confined to their homes by the pandemic: this explosive cocktail has caused a surge in online sexual abuse of children across the world, warn NGOs and police.
Many pedophiles have taken advantage of the restrictions linked to Covid-19 to contact minors, often in developing countries like the Philippines or Indonesia but not only, via social networks, online gaming sites or the dark web.
In Australia, federal police received more than 21,000 reports of child sexual abuse in the 12 months to the end of June, more than 7,000 more than the previous year.
7:34.
Record of 80 million refugees and displaced people in the world.
The number of refugees and displaced people in the world exceeded the 80 million mark in mid-2020, a record, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the UN said on Wednesday.
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7:26 a.m.
In Germany, extreme right-wing “hot spots” for the Covid.
Coincidence or correlation?
The areas most affected in Germany by the second wave of the pandemic are strongholds of the far right, opposed to restrictions and sensitive to conspiracy theories.
7:12.
S
ix out of ten countries have taken democratically worrying measures.
Faced with the Covid-19 pandemic, more than six in ten countries in the world have taken problematic measures at the level of human rights or democratic rules, according to a report published on Wednesday by the NGO International IDEA.
The study, which covers almost all countries in the world, concludes that 61% of them have taken at least measures considered to be “illegal, disproportionate, without time limit or not necessary” in at least one area. relating to democratic freedoms.
7 hours.
Defense counsel this morning.
Will we deconfin on December 15, as President Macron had announced?
This is the question that everyone has been asking themselves for a few days, faced with the level of contamination which is no longer falling.
A defense council is meeting in a few hours to study the health situation in the country and to advise of the continuation of events, a few days before the Christmas holidays.
Prime Minister Jean Castex is due to hold a press conference on Thursday evening.
6:50 a.m.
Situation again catastrophic in the United States.
The United States has recorded nearly 220,000 new Covid-19 infections in 24 hours, a level close to the records recorded in recent days in the country, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, which refers.
The country has meanwhile deplored nearly 2,500 new deaths linked to the disease in 24 hours.
6:40 am.
377 new deaths in France in
the last 24 hours in a hospital environment.
454 people have also died of this disease in social and medico-social establishments (including nursing homes) since the last report released on Friday.
In total, the Covid-19 has caused 56,352 deaths in the country.
6:25 am.
3,078 patients are in intensive care in France
, against 3,088 the day before.
In recent days, the number of patients in intensive care has fallen only slightly.
A total of 25,882 patients are hospitalized following a Covid-19 infection.
6:15 am.
First day of mass vaccination for the British.
With a brief injection in the arm, in a hospital or a gymnasium, British retirees and caregivers on Monday launched the historic campaign and vaccination marathon against the new coronavirus on which the United Kingdom is betting big to get out of the health crisis.
Covid-19: Margaret, 90, first vaccinated in England