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After Nice and Dunkirk, what new areas of France will they have to confine themselves to at the weekend?
Prime Minister Jean Castex is expected to answer this question this Thursday evening, at a new press conference, after reporting a week ago that 20 departments were now placed under surveillance due to heavy traffic of Covid-19 virus.
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However, not all will suffer a turn of the screw, according to the echoes of the meetings organized Wednesday within the government.
At this stage, it seems that Pas-de-Calais could be forced to confine itself on weekends and that Guadeloupe would see its curfew advanced to 6 p.m.
The case of Île-de-France has given rise to debate: after demanding a three-week confinement, the Paris town hall retracted, even going so far as to militate against a weekend confinement.
Faced with tensions, the government should not risk toughening measures in the Paris region.
Meanwhile, Emmanuel Macron, himself, is already thinking of the aftermath: according to our information, the president wishes to appoint a deconfinement gentleman - a role that Jean Castex took on last year - to coordinate the reopening, when the time comes, of the restaurants and cultural venues.
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Karachi case
: Edouard Balladur released, François Léotard condemned.
Suspected of complicity in abuse and concealment of corporate assets, as part of the financing of his presidential campaign in 1995, former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur, now 91 years old, was finally released by the Court of Justice of the Republic this Thursday morning.
Former Minister François Léotard, 78, accused of complicity, was sentenced to 2 years in prison and a 100,000 euros fine.
Review of the Sputnik V vaccine in Europe.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced that it has started reviewing the Russian vaccine Sputnik V, a crucial step towards its deployment in the European Union.
In response, Russia said it was ready to deliver massive doses to Europe.
"Following the approval of the AEM, we would be able to provide vaccines for 50 million Europeans from June 2021", reacted in a statement Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian sovereign wealth fund, which contributed to the development of this serum.
United States
: the threat of conspirators hangs over the Capitol again.
Security has been tightened and votes have been put forward in the US Congress after the police alerted the "possible militia plan" to attack the Capitol on Thursday, two months after the deadly assault on the place by police officers. pro-Trump protesters.
Some members of the QAnon conspiracy movement, who have never accepted Joe Biden's victory, believe that this March 4 will see Donald Trump invested as President of the United States for a second term.
After six weeks of decline, the WHO records a rise in cases in Europe.
“Last week, new cases of Covid-19 in Europe increased 9% to just over one million.
This ends a promising six-week drop in new cases, with more than half of our region recording a growing number of new infections, ”said World Health Organization European Director Hans Kluge, alarmed. at a press conference.
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Recovery boots for athletes.
Neymar, LeBron James, Thiago Silva… There are many sports enthusiasts who use this funny tool that looks like a sleeping bag, which stimulates blood circulation in the legs, to better relieve them between two efforts.
“I use it at least three times a week.
I sit in the evening with after a session, it allows me to avoid having heavy legs the next day, ”says boxer Souleymane Cissokho.
A treatment that still has a cost, from 700 euros for an entry-level product, to more than 2000 euros.