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More than 23,000 new cases of coronavirus were identified in France on Friday.
Since the start of the year, mortality from Covid-19 has increased by 14% in France.
As for the British variant, more contagious, it is now in the majority in 57 departments.
Two reasons to continue the measures that weigh so heavily on the French, tired of having to count every gesture and every move.
Containment in Pas-de-Calais began this Saturday morning and until Monday morning.
It is in effect for four weekends, until March 28.
A big vaccination weekend begins in France and the government will be on the bridge to mark the occasion.
Pharmacists and midwives are now authorized to prescribe and inject vaccines, as are nurses who can vaccinate without the presence of a doctor.
Elsewhere in the world, decisions vary.
Italy is tightening the screw in three regions from Monday.
But in New Zealand, Auckland's lockdown will end tomorrow.
It will have lasted a week.
In Moscow, those over 65 are no longer forced to confine themselves.
>> Follow the events of this Saturday
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8:15 am.
India is approaching 20
million vaccinated.
This Saturday, the Indian Union Ministry of Health reported 18,327 new infections in 24 hours, and 108 deaths from the coronavirus.
A total of 19,497,704 people received a dose of the vaccine.
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California relaxes recommendations for amusement parks.
Amusement parks, including Disneyland, had been pushing for weeks as the situation improved in the state.
They won their case.
“California can safely and gradually begin to reopen certain activities, especially those that take place outdoors and where masks are possible,” California health official Mark Ghaly said in a statement.
Reception capacity will be limited to 15%.
The only condition: not to be in the "purple zone" on April 1st.
For now, the counties of Orange where Disneyland is located and Los Angeles where Universal Studios is located are both still classified as “purple” but could turn red in a few weeks.
7:50 a.m.
Hold on in Pas-de-Calais.
Containment in Pas-de-Calais began this Saturday morning at 6 a.m.
It is in effect for four weekends, until March 28.
Travel is subject to a strict reason.
However, three large capacity additional vaccination centers are open all weekend in Calais, Béthune and Boulogne-sur-Mer.
7.40 am.
Vaccinated great apes.
Four orangutans and five bonobos from the San Diego Zoo (United States) became the first non-human primates to be injected against Covid-19, thanks to a vaccine designed specifically for animals.
This zoo, one of the largest in the world, had to quarantine animals in early January after they tested positive and showed symptoms.
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"Never in my career have I had access to an experimental vaccine so early in the process, and never have I had such a desire to use it", says Nadine Lamberski, sanitary manager of the San Diego zoo. , cited by the National Geographic site.
A win for science: our partners at @Zoetis, a veterinary pharmaceutical company, developed a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) that we used to vaccinate great apes at the Zoo.
The vaccine was created specifically for animals.
@NatGeo https://t.co/ZpM5QVD4pl
- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (@sandiegozoo) March 5, 2021
7:30 am.
Denmark is extending the age for AstraZeneca.
Like other EU countries, including France, the
Danish health authorities have extended their recommendation to use the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine to those over 65.
7:20 a.m.
Belgium maintains its travel restrictions.
Non-essential travel outside the Belgian borders and to Belgium remains prohibited until April 18, which includes the Easter holidays.
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Global review.
The pandemic has killed at least 2.57 million people worldwide.
The United States is the most bereaved country with 520,356 deaths.
They are followed by Brazil (260,970), Mexico (188,866), India (157,548) and the United Kingdom (124,025).
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