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In France, 449 deaths from the new coronavirus were recorded on Monday in the last 24 hours.
Since the start of the epidemic, 101,209 people have died.
31,214 people are hospitalized, including 5,970 in critical care (resuscitation, intensive care, continuous monitoring), figures which continue to climb and illustrate the ever-increasing hospital pressure.
Almost 13 million people in France have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
A quarantine will be imposed on travelers coming from Brazil, Argentina, Chile and South Africa to deal with the Brazilian variant.
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7:54 a.m.
"With the beautiful days, there will be a strengthening of controls"
, adds the Minister of the Interior on RTL.
7:52 a.m.
"We must be vigilant because in the North, in my department, there are more people in intensive care than during the first confinement"
, indicates Gérald Darmanin.
7:50 am "There is hope given by the President of the Republic for the coming weeks"
, underlines the Minister of the Interior.
7:48 am.
"The French, despite the difficulties, respect the imposed rules and the curfew", explains Gérald Darmanin.
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7.45 a.m.
“There is no slacking off.
This weekend we carried out 100,000 checks and 16,000 verbalizations, ”explains Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, on RTL.
# Covid19 and confinement: "The French respect the imposed rules enormously, there is no relaxation. 100,000 checks this weekend, 16,000 verbalizations, we are average", @GDarmanin in #RTLMatin with @BSportouch pic. twitter.com/zg8E5Pzet1
- RTL France (@RTLFrance) April 20, 2021
7.40 am.
Olivier Véran in favor of deconfinement “territory by territory”
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Olivier Véran said he was open to “a territory-by-territory approach” for deconfinement, with territories that could benefit from a loosening of health measures before others.
Our topic to read here.
7:30 am.
Should Japan give up the Olympics?
This is the opinion of
the former Minister of Finance Jun Azumi who explains in Bloomberg that "faced with the epidemic which is not contained, the country must consider giving up or postponing these Olympic Games".
7:23.
CO2 emissions linked to energy set off for a major rebound in 2021.
Greenhouse gas emissions linked to energy production and consumption should rebound to the point of approaching their previous peak in 2021. Covid-19, due to the recovery in global demand for all fossil fuels and in particular the resurgence of coal, estimates the International Energy Agency (IEA).
After a historic decline of 5.8% in 2020 linked to the pandemic and its containment measures, energy-related emissions (i.e. around three quarters of the world total all sectors combined) should experience a rebound of 4 this year, 8% (+1.5 billion tonnes, to 33 billion tonnes).
This would be the second highest annual increase on record for these emissions causing global warming, after the post-financial crisis rebound in 2010.
7:12.
The FDA stops the production of Johnson & Johnson in a factory.
The US drug agency, the FDA, is calling for production of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to be stopped at a plant that has reportedly produced 15 million deficient doses.
The pharmaceutical giant declared at the end of March that it had identified in a plant in Baltimore (Maryland) managed by the firm Emergent BioSolutions a batch of doses "which did not comply with quality standards".
Johnson & Johnson did not specify the amount of doses involved.
The New York Times subsequently reported that this batch contained 15 million doses.
Emergency BioSolutions said in a file sent Monday to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the federal financial market regulator, that the FDA on April 16 requested a pause in vaccine production in Baltimore pending inspection.
6:58 am.
New Zealand: a case of Covid-19 at the airport the day after the launch of the “bubble”.
An Auckland airport employee tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday the day after the launch of the travel "bubble" with Australia, which should not be affected by this case of Covid-19.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern indicates that this should not have an impact on this "bubble", the two countries "having accepted that there are cases".
6:50 a.m.
AstraZeneca: no immediate questioning of orders from France.
The government keeps the orders in progress, despite the mistrust of the French vis-à-vis the Anglo-Swedish vaccine.
But the question arises for 2022. Read here.
6:45 a.m.
Europe awaits EMA verdict on Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) issues its opinion this Tuesday on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against Covid-19, as the vaccination spreads to all citizens in the United States, a measure that India will also apply to all adults as of May 1st.
The EMA, which has its headquarters in Amsterdam, must give this Tuesday, a priori at 5 pm, a "virtual press conference on the conclusions about the safety assessment" of this single-dose vaccine.
This decision is all the more important as several European countries, including France, are counting on this vaccine to speed up their immunization campaign.
6:40 am.
5,970 patients in critical care.
31,214 people are hospitalized, including 5,970 in critical care (resuscitation, intensive care, continuous monitoring), figures which continue to climb and illustrate the ever-increasing hospital pressure.
6:35 am.
449 new deaths in France in the last 24 hours.
A total of 101,209 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
6.30 a.m.
Edouard Philippe expresses some regrets about his management of the crisis.
The former Prime Minister, who had to face the first months of the health crisis, drew up his own assessment of the management of the health crisis.
Our subject to discover here.
6:20 am.
Vaccination figures.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 12,751,098 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 19% of the total population) and 4,675,008 people have received two injections (i.e. 7% of the total population), reveals the Directorate General of Health.
6:10 am.
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