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DIRECT. Covid-19: the pandemic will kill more than 600,000 in the United States, estimates Joe Biden

2021-01-23T07:19:29.018Z


The Covid-19 pandemic has killed nearly 2.089 million people worldwide since its discovery in December 2019. In France, even if the


The essential :

  • The WHO and the National Academy of Medicine criticize the decision of some countries, including France, to abandon homemade fabric masks.

  • The British variant would be "linked to a higher degree of mortality", according to Boris Johnson.

  • More than 2,900 patients are in intensive care in France.

  • 23,292 new cases were diagnosed in the country in 24 hours and 323 new deaths in hospital are to be deplored.

  • From tomorrow, Guyana will be confined on Sundays.

Follow the events of this Saturday:

8 hours.

16,417 new cases in Germany.

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus contamination in Germany has climbed to 2,122,679 since the start of the pandemic in Germany, or 16,417 more cases than the day before.

According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for Infectious Diseases, 879 additional deaths have been recorded bringing the total to 51,521 deaths since the start of the epidemic in the country.

7:55 am.

We tested these restaurants that open clandestinely.

Despite the ban, in Paris and in the suburbs, restaurants still welcome guests in their back rooms.

We were able to eat in some of them, where policemen, magistrates, or ordinary faithful from the neighborhood mingle at the table.

Read our report here.

7.40 am.

Too early to say where the Covid-19 comes from, according to the WHO.

It is too early to draw any conclusions about the origins of the virus, said the World Health Organization (WHO), which is on a mission to China.

“All the assumptions are on the table.

It is clearly too early to come to a conclusion on where this virus originated, whether in China or outside of China, ”said WHO director of health emergencies, Michael Ryan.

A team of experts arrived in Wuhan on January 14 to begin investigating the origins of the deadly new coronavirus, the first cases of which were detected at the end of 2019 in this city in central China.

7:25 am.

Oxygen shortage in Mexico City.

In a street in western Mexico City, dozens of people buy oxygen for their loved ones with Covid-19.

They wait up to five hours for a recharge which sometimes only lasts an hour.

With the resurgence of the epidemic, "the demand for oxygen has grown by 700% in one month," says Jesus Montaño, who works for the Federal Consumer Defender.

At the same time, fraud and speculation have exploded on social networks, where “exorbitant prices” are practiced.

7:15 am.

First confinement in Hong Kong.

Thousands of residents of one of the poorest and densely populated areas of Hong Kong were ordered overnight from Friday to Saturday to stay at home as part of the first containment ordered by the authorities since the start of the pandemic of Covid-19.

The Hong Kong government said in a statement plans to test all residents of this area of ​​the Jordan neighborhood within 48 hours, "in order to achieve zero cases in this district."

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This measure concerns some 150 buildings and hundreds of police officers have been mobilized to enforce the confinement, the South China Morning Post reported.

7:12.

Joe Biden estimates that the Covid-19 will kill more than 600,000 in the United States.

The new American president estimated that the pandemic would kill well over 600,000 in the United States.

"We are at 400,000 dead, and it should reach much more than 600,000," he said the new tenant of the White House.

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7:10.

AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine shipments lowered in Europe.

Deliveries of the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine in Europe, subject to its approval, will be smaller than expected, due to a "drop in yield" at a manufacturing site, the British group said.

The European Medicines Agency's decision on this vaccine is expected on January 29.

7:05 am.

Canada is considering tightening quarantine control.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has not ruled out imposing a mandatory quarantine in hotels at the expense of travelers upon entering Canada, to deter non-essential travel abroad and limit the spread of the coronavirus.

7 hours.

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Source: leparis

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