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In France, 345 deaths from the new coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
A total of 98,065 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
Hospital pressure is very strong with 5,705 Covid-19 patients treated in critical care services.
A total of 30,555 people are hospitalized for infection with SARS-CoV-2 or its variants.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 10,114,284 people have received at least one injection and 3,484,006 people have received two injections.
England, Spain and Portugal are starting to deconfin.
These states are relaxing their restrictions, giving a glimpse of what our own way out of the crisis could be… by mid-May.
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6:45 a.m.
Brazil: Bolsonaro soon under investigation for its management of the pandemic.
The Brazilian Senate is expected to open an investigation soon to assess "possible omissions" on the part of President Jair Bolsonaro's government in its controversial handling of the pandemic, which has set a new death record in the past 24 hours.
A judge of the Brazilian Supreme Court orders the Senate to set up a commission of inquiry in this regard, following the request made by 32 of the 81 Brazilian senators.
The investigation should focus in particular on "the actions and omissions of the federal government, in particular in the face of the worsening health crisis in the state of Amazonas, after the lack of oxygen for hospitalized patients", specifies the magistrate. , Luís Roberto Barroso.
In January, dozens of people died in Manaus, the state capital of Amazonas, due to lack of oxygen in hospitals.
6:40 am.
The government is pushing for a vaccine made in France.
Failing to have designed a vaccine against Covid, France wants to produce it on its soil.
The government has already released 460 million euros in aid, part of which will be used to manufacture the active ingredient for new generation messenger RNA vaccines.
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6:35 am.
345 new deaths in France in the last 24 hours.
A total of 98,065 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
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6.30 a.m.
More than 5,700 patients in critical care.
Health authorities have identified 5,705 Covid-19 patients who are being treated in critical care services.
A total of 30,555 people are hospitalized for infection with SARS-CoV-2 or its variants.
6:20 am.
3,484,006 people vaccinated with both doses in France.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 10,114,284 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 15.1% of the total population and 19.3% of the adult population) and 3,484,006 people have received two injections (or 5.2% of the total population and 6.6% of the adult population), indicates the Ministry of Health.
6:10 am.
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It will allow you to follow the latest developments in the Covid-19 crisis, throughout this day of Friday, April 9, 2021.