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France is preparing for a curfew, from Saturday at 6 p.m., throughout its metropolitan territory.
Jean Castex announced during his press conference that he was not ruling out a re-containment in the event of a "strong epidemic recovery".
The coronavirus caused 21,228 new contaminations in France in 24 hours, as well as 283 deaths.
In addition, 318,216 people received their first injection of the vaccine.
Germany has recorded more than two million Covid-19 infections since the start of the pandemic and intends to strengthen its health measures.
»The events of this Friday, January 15
6:50 a.m.
“Anything can happen” for the Tokyo Olympics.
"Anything can happen", a Japanese minister admitted on Friday about the Tokyo Olympics, while Japan is suffering a strong new wave of the coronavirus, almost six months before the opening ceremony of the Olympics, already postponed. last year.
Taro Kono, minister for administrative reform, refused to rule out the possibility of the Games being canceled, as Tokyo and ten other departments in Japan are currently in a state of emergency.
6:40 am.
Mexico is having its deadliest week.
Mexico has just experienced its week with the most deaths since the start of the pandemic, with an average of 983 deaths per day for seven days, according to figures released Thursday.
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In Polynesia, the epidemic in sharp decline.
The Covid-19 epidemic is in sharp decline in the Windward Islands, the most inhabited in French Polynesia, but the authorities on Thursday maintained the restrictive measures to avoid a new peak in contamination and the potential spread of variants of the virus.
At the beginning of November, Polynesia had one of the highest incidence rates in the world (989 per 100,000 inhabitants).
6:20 am.
Overwhelmed by the Covid-19, Amazonas decrees a curfew.
The Brazilian state of Amazonas announced on Thursday the establishment of a ten-day curfew due to the saturation of hospitals, overwhelmed by the permanent influx of patients with Covid-19, with serious problems of oxygen supply.
6:15 am.
More than 2 million cases in Germany.
The country has recorded more than two million Covid-19 infections since the start of the pandemic, the Robert Koch health institute (RKI) announced on Friday.
The night before, Chancellor Angela Merkel pleaded for significantly strengthened restrictions in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany, where partial confinement is already imposed.
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6:05 am.
The answers to your questions.
The government has announced a general curfew at 6 p.m.
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Hello everyone
and welcome to this new direct intended to cover today's news around the coronavirus.
This day will be marked by the preparation of the Hexagon to live under an extended curfew, which will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday and the reactions to the announcements of the executive, concerning certain reinforced measures.
