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In France, 413 hospital deaths linked to the new coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
A total of 82,226 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
The number of patients in intensive care, who receive the most serious cases, is 3,371, against 3,299 the day before.
Three million doses of vaccine have been injected in France, according to the Ministry of Health.
Several experiments will be carried out in the coming months to organize concerts and festivals with audiences in Paris, Marseille, Saint-Malo and Aquitaine.
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6:51 am.
Orly airport is closing its terminal 4.
Victim of the closure of French borders outside the European Union and a collapse of air traffic in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Orly airport has closed its terminal 4 Monday evening, until further notice.
6:45 am.
Harris and Macron advocate
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close cooperation
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face of Covid.
United States Vice President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron plead in favor of “close bilateral and multilateral cooperation” in the face of Covid-19 and climate change, in a telephone interview.
During this first exchange, the American vice-president and the French president said they “agreed on the need for close bilateral and multilateral cooperation to deal with Covid-19, climate change, and support democracy at home and around the world, ”said the US vice-presidency in a press release.
In a tweet in English, the French president said he was "happy with this first discussion".
"Let's move forward together on all the challenges we face: climate, gender equality, regional crises, and our space cooperation with (hopefully) a new step this Thursday with the landing of Perseverance on Mars", tweets the French president.
Glad we had this first talk @VP Kamala Harris!
Let's move forward together on all the challenges we face: climate, gender equality, regional crises, and our space cooperation with (hopefully) a new step this Thursday with Perseverance's landing on Mars!
https://t.co/5Qb1T8Pkqp
- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) February 15, 2021
6:40 am.
The test concerts in France are coming soon.
Several experiments will be carried out in the coming months to organize concerts and festivals with audiences in Paris, Marseille, Saint-Malo and Aquitaine.
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6.30am.
413 new deaths in France.
A total of 82,226 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
6:25 am.
3,371 people in intensive care.
Just over 26,500 patients are hospitalized in the country and there are 4,376 new cases of coronavirus.
6:20 am.
The AstraZeneca vaccine urgently validated by the WHO.
The British product represents the vast majority of the 337 million doses that the Covax program, the UN device, promises to deliver free of charge to the poorest countries by this summer.
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6:10 am.
Hello and welcome to this live.
It will allow you to follow the latest developments in the Covid-19 crisis on Tuesday, February 16, 2021.