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DIRECT. Covid-19: France toughens its border restrictions

2021-01-24T07:22:46.815Z


The pandemic has killed more than two million people worldwide since its discovery in December 2019. " The essential : One million French people have already received the first dose of the vaccine against Covid-19. Presenting a negative PCR test, carried out 72 hours before departure, is mandatory since this Sunday for travelers coming from the European Union in French ports and airports. Even in the event of re-containment, Jean-Michel Blanquer wishes to keep the schools open. Guyana is now con


" The essential :

  • One million French people have already received the first dose of the vaccine against Covid-19.

  • Presenting a negative PCR test, carried out 72 hours before departure, is mandatory since this Sunday for travelers coming from the European Union in French ports and airports.

  • Even in the event of re-containment, Jean-Michel Blanquer wishes to keep the schools open.

  • Guyana is now confined every Sunday.

  • On Saturday, almost 24,000 new contaminations in 24 hours were recorded in France.

»The events of this Sunday:

8 hours.

"We will not wait until March to act".

Vaccines, variants, containment, economy, student distress… The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, took stock of the situation with our readers.

An interview to find here.

LP / Olivier Corsan  

7:50 am.

Ukraine deprived of anti-Covid vaccine.

The country, strongly affected by the epidemic with nearly 1.2 million cases and more than 21,000 deaths for 40 million inhabitants, has not yet started its vaccination campaign.

Kiev can only count for the moment on 8 million doses promised under the UN Covax program as well as 1.9 to 5 million doses of the Chinese vaccine CoronaVac if its effectiveness is confirmed.

A largely insufficient quantity for all the inhabitants.

The WHO warned on Monday that the world was on the brink of "catastrophic moral failure" if the most powerful continued to appropriate the bulk of vaccines.

7:35.

Dogs to detect Covid-19?

In the Czech Republic, a team of trainers trains dogs in their spare time to spot samples containing the scent of patients positive for the disease.

And the results look promising, with a 95% success rate in detection tests.

7:25 am.

The

threshold of one million French people vaccinated against Covid-19 has been crossed.

Set for the end of January, this level was exceeded on Saturday, four weeks after the start of the French vaccination campaign.

These vaccinated are among the priority audiences (elderly people in nursing homes or over 75, caregivers over 50, etc.).

The vaccination rate of the population ranges from 0.2% in Guyana to 2.3% in Bourgogne Franche-Comté.

7:15 am.

Hospital pressure remains strong.

On Saturday, 25,800 patients were hospitalized, including nearly 2,900 in intensive care.

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7:10.

What are the new rules for traveling to Europe?

Presenting a negative PCR test, carried out 72 hours before departure, is mandatory from this Sunday for travelers from the EU traveling by plane or by boat.

A measure that had already applied since mid-January to travelers arriving from other countries.

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