The essential
In France, more than 10 million people are fully vaccinated.
Another 24,098,326 received a first dose of vaccine.
19,430 people are hospitalized.
3,330 are in critical care, the lowest total since February 14.
France will set up a quarantine for people from the United Kingdom on Monday because of the presence of the Indian variant in this country.
Globally, the pandemic has killed nearly 3.5 million people.
At least 1.7 billion doses of vaccine have been injected.
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7.40 am.
Sanofi launches large-scale trials for its main vaccine project.
The French pharmaceutical group Sanofi announces the launch of large-scale trials for its main anti-Covid-19 vaccine project, developed with the British GSK.
He confirms that he is counting on a launch at the end of 2021 for this product after already months of delay.
"Sanofi and GSK are starting an international phase 3 study to assess the effectiveness of their candidate vaccine against
(the)
Covid-19", explains the group in a press release, ten days after the announcement of encouraging results at the end first tests.
Read alsoSanofi vaccine: what you need to know about the serum from the French laboratory
7:25 am. Quarantine Monday for travelers from the UK.
The Secretary of State for European Affairs gave details of the quarantine decided yesterday for people from the United Kingdom. He explains that it will come into force on Monday. A compelling reason will be required "for non-resident foreign nationals". It will also be necessary to "provide a PCR or antigen test of less than 48 hours (and no longer 72 hours)" Self-isolation will last seven days.
7:10. Last vote for the health pass.
The Parliament must adopt definitively in the evening, by a final vote of the Senate, the bill framing the gradual exit from the state of health emergency, which allows in particular the establishment of a controversial “health pass”. The transitional regime that it provides provides a legal framework for the deconfinement measures announced by the executive, without lowering our guard against the hypothesis of an epidemic resumption. It will end on September 30, and not the end of October as the executive had wished. Curfews and confinement remain possible but under conditions.
6:45 a.m. Afghanistan, a new path to Saudi Arabia for Pakistani workers.
As a result of the pandemic, thousands of Pakistani workers are passing through war-ravaged Afghanistan in order to reach Saudi Arabia. The Gulf countries have long been a vital destination for job-seeking Pakistanis, who send billions of dollars to their home countries every year, thereby supporting its economy. But with the pandemic, most flights to these states are being canceled as Pakistan is added to travel blacklists. Many workers then hope to enter Saudi Arabia through Kabul, the Afghan capital, despite the danger of explosions and other attacks.
6.30 a.m. Health protocol for the Copa America.
The Argentine government, faced with an outbreak of Covid-19, presented the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) on Wednesday with a health protocol to host all matches of the Copa America 2021, the equivalent of the 'Euro. The co-organization of the continental tournament, which is scheduled to kick off on June 13, was withdrawn from Colombia last week due to the explosive social climate in that country; dozens of people died. The meetings initially planned in Colombia have not yet been relocated. Doubts exist over Argentina's ability to host all Copa America fixtures due to a strong wave of Covid-19.
6:15 a.m. New containment in Melbourne.
More than five million people in Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, have been ordered to confine themselves from midnight (4 p.m. in Paris) following the outbreak of a Covid outbreak -19. This seven-day confinement concerns the city as well as the state of Victoria which surrounds it, while the number of cases linked to this cluster has doubled to 26. This measure, intended to have the effect of " circuit breaker ”, should allow the health authorities to trace the cases of contact as well as possible. For a week, residents will only be allowed to leave their homes for urgent needs, in particular to be vaccinated. This is the fourth confinement of the city since the onset of the disease.
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