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In France, 157 deaths from the new coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
A total of 64,921 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
24,458 patients are hospitalized due to Covid-19, including 2,632 in intensive care.
15 departments have been affected since Saturday by the advanced curfew at 6 p.m.
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In Brussels, the European Union recognizes a “global insufficiency” in vaccine production capacities.
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India authorizes two vaccines that AstraZeneca / Oxford.
India has authorized the use, "for emergency situations", of two vaccines against Covid-19, one developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford and the other by the Indian pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech, announced this Sunday the local drug regulatory authority.
These two vaccines "are approved for restricted use in emergency situations," India's Comptroller General of Drugs, VG Somani, told a press conference.
India, with a population of 1.3 billion, is the second country most affected by the pandemic, with more than 10.3 million people who have been infected.
Nearly 150,000 people have died from Covid-19.
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Lack of vaccines.
In Brussels, the European Union recognizes a "global insufficiency" of vaccine production capacities, while saying it is "ready to help" to increase them, in an interview with Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides at the DPA agency. by its services.
7.45 a.m.
Curfew at 6 pm: "We hope that customers will come at lunchtime."
The first weekend of the year starts badly for some six million French people: since Saturday evening, the curfew has been brought forward to 6 p.m. in 15 departments.
Report in Reims, in the Marne, where traders closed their shop at 5.30 p.m.
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Curfew at 6 pm: "It's better than a re-containment"
7.40 am.
15 departments affected by the advanced curfew at 6 p.m.
since Saturday.
These are the following departments: Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Ardennes, Doubs, Jura, Marne, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Haute-Saône, the Vosges, the Territoire de Belfort, the Moselle, the Nièvre and the Saône-et-Loire.
These territories are located in the eastern half of the country, particularly threatened by an epidemic rebound.
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Rising positivity rate.
The positivity rate, which measures the percentage of people positive for Covid-19 out of all those tested, is up to 4.6%, against 3.8% the day before.
7:30 am.
2,632 patients in intensive care.
The health agency also reports 24,458 hospitalizations in progress for Covid-19, against 24,263 the day before.
7.20 am.
157 new deaths in France in
the last 24 hours.
According to Public Health France, 64,921 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
7:15 am.
Assessment of the pandemic in the world.
The pandemic has killed at least 1,827,565 worldwide for more than 83.9 million people infected.
The United States is the country most affected.
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