The essential
Beginning of a crucial week for the morale of the French.
In two days, the latter will find - in reduced gauges - terraces, cinemas, theaters, museums ... The epidemic slows down and the vaccination campaign reaches 20 million first injections.
There have been 81 deaths in the last 24 hours in France, and 4,255 patients still hospitalized in critical care.
Since the start of the epidemic, 107,616 patients have died from it.
England, with an adult population vaccinated up to 40%, reopens a large number of public places on Monday, two days ahead of France.
The G7 countries and members of the EU would be able to give more than 150 million doses of anti-Covid vaccines to disadvantaged countries, estimates Unicef on Monday.
The pandemic has killed more than 3.371 million people worldwide since the end of December 2019.
Today's events
7:30 am.
Encouraging results for the French vaccine.
Sanofi publishes positive phase 2 results for its vaccine candidate.
7:20 a.m.
And you, what are you going to do on May 19?
Café on the terrace at lunch break, restaurant reserved since the dawn of time, reunion with a loved one ... Their names are Antoine, Carla or Béatrice and tell us here how they will celebrate, on Wednesday, the return to a more normal life .
7:15 am. More than 80% of the Japanese against the Olympics this summer.
A new poll published on Monday reveals that more than 80% of Japanese are opposed to the organization of the Olympics, within 10 weeks of the event, postponed last year because of the pandemic. The poll found that 43% of those polled wanted the Games to be canceled and 40% a further postponement, while the Japanese government extended the state of health emergency to nine departments in the country on Friday.
07:05.
“General well-being also depends on the resumption of social contacts.
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This was said Sunday in" JDD "Jerome Solomon, Director General of Health, on the eve of a week marked by the reopening of many public places for the French and the passage of 19 hours 9 p.m. curfew.
The latter, however, recalls the need to respect health protocols.
7 hours.
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