The essential :
A new Defense Council is meeting this morning at the Elysee Palace.
A decision should be taken there on the reopening of the ski lifts, which the ski resorts are calling for.
In France, the second wave takes advantage of the winter to extend over time and claims more victims than the first.
373 new deaths and 23,608 contaminations were recorded between Monday evening and last night.
Yesterday evening, 585,664 people had been vaccinated in France.
Will it be enough?
The EU is asking its members to vaccinate 70% of adults by the summer.
After the 23 post-vaccination deaths recorded in Norway, France deplores five.
These patients had comorbidities but their cases are questioning.
Germany has hardened and extended its anti-Covid arsenal until mid-February.
Schools, bars, restaurants and cultural venues will remain closed until February 14.
Medical masks are becoming mandatory in shops and public transport.
Once invested with the powers, this evening, Joe Biden is committed to adopting a decree making compulsory the wearing of the mask in the buildings and spaces dependent on the American federal state.
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6:55 am.
The variants present in 60 countries, according to the WHO.
The British variant of the virus was present last week in 60 countries and territories, 10 more than on January 12, the World Health Organization said this morning.
The South African variant diffuses more slowly and is present in 23 countries and territories, 3 more than on January 12.
The British variant reported in mid-December to the WHO is considered 50 to 70% more contagious than the original new coronavirus, is present in the 6 geographical areas of the WHO, while the South African variant is only present in 4 of them highlighted the WHO without specifying which ones.
6:45 am.
Agenda.
After the Defense Council on Covid-19 scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Elysee Palace, the National Assembly is scheduled to examine at 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. the first reading of the bill extending the state of health emergency .
6:35 am.
Biden pays tribute to the 400,000 American dead from Covid.
"To heal, we must remember": on the eve of his inauguration, Joe Biden paid a solemn tribute to the dead of Covid-19.
They are 401,586 according to the accounting, updated in real time, from Johns Hopkins University.
Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Archbishop of Washington, opened the ceremony.
At night, 400 lights were turned on around the large basin of the vast esplanade of the National Mall in Washington.
The bells rang in tribute to the victims.
“Although we are physically separated, we Americans are united in spirit,” said future Vice President Kamala Harris.
6:25 am.
Border controls between EU countries?
Two days before a European Union council devoted to variants of the virus, Angela Merkel warns that a reestablishment of controls between EU countries was not excluded if the situation deteriorates further.
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6:15 am.
Tragedy in Mexico.
The country recorded a new death record with 1,584 deaths recorded in 24 hours.
That is to say a fatal toll due to the epidemic of 142,832 disappearances.
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Hello and welcome to this live.
In four days, it will be a year since the coronavirus was detected on French soil.
Three first cases were then found.
Today, the number of people infected in France stands at 2.93 million, according to Public Health France.
