The essential
The European Medicines Agency is due to vote this Friday on the authorization of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine for 12-15 year olds.
24 million French people have received at least one dose of vaccine.
More than 11 million are fully immunized.
In France, less than 18,000 people are hospitalized because of Covid-19.
Of these, 3,206 are in critical care.
The pandemic has killed nearly 110,000 people.
Globally, Covid-19 has killed at least 3.5 million people.
More than 1.77 billion have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Today's events
8:25 am. End of half gauges in 4th and 3rd.
“From next week, the 4th and 3rd from the half-gauge departments will be able to return to the entire class. High schools are not moving for the moment. We are moving step by step. Things can change between now and the summer, ”announces Jean-Michel Blanquer. The return to the entire class can be done gradually, said the minister. For the return to school in September, he "especially hopes that we will need little or no measures".
8:20 am.
Still less than 1% of closed classes.
“Today, 5,110 classes are closed.
We are at 0.9% of the total.
It's pretty stable.
We are even down slightly despite the closure from a single case
(of Covid-19)
per class, ”said Jean-Michel Blanquer, the Minister of National Education, on Europe 1.
8:15 am.
Better in Belgium too.
The number of cases detected in Belgium has continued to decrease for several weeks.
Compared to last week, it is down 3%, relays in particular the RTBF.
8:05 am.
Decreasing incidence in Germany.
The incidence has fallen to 39.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in Germany, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute.
This decline has been lasting for several weeks.
The incidence a week ago was still 67 per 100,000 population.
7:35.
Cruises resume on June 20 from Marseille.
Cruise ships will carry passengers earlier than expected from Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
Initially scheduled for July 4, the resumption will finally take place on June 20, with the agreement of the departmental and regional prefects, announces France Bleu.
A very strict health protocol will be put in place for what will still be considered an “experiment”.
7:15 am. Europe today decides on the use of Pfizer in adolescents.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) decides during the day on the authorization of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine for 12-15 year olds. If approved, the serum will be the first vaccine to get the green light from the EMA to be administered to young people in the 27 countries of the European Union. For the moment, its authorization is limited to people over 16 years old.
7 hours. State of emergency about to be extended in Japan.
The Japanese government is preparing to extend the state of health emergency in much of the country, 56 days before the opening of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the capital. They will take place, the organizers insist, despite persistent concerns. The extension of the state of emergency will be valid until June 20. This decision aims to consolidate the improvement in the health situation observed in recent weeks in preparation for the Games, according to the authorities. "Although the number of infections is falling in Tokyo and Osaka
(west)
, the general situation remains precarious," Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday. "We want to do our best" to prevent further deterioration, he added.
6:45 a.m.
Emmanuel Macron in South Africa.
The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, is expected in South Africa, in the wake of his visit to Rwanda, for a trip centered around the fight against Covid-19 and the economic crisis caused by the pandemic.
This trip, planned over a year ago, had to be postponed due to the pandemic.
The country is officially the most affected in Africa, with more than 1.6 million cases and more than 56,000 deaths.
6.30 a.m.
Curfew in Saint-Martin until June 9.
The prefect of Saint-Martin, faced with the resurgence of cases in the West Indies, the growing number of hospitalizations and after three deaths in recent days, announced Thursday the establishment of a curfew from Sunday.
It will be in effect until June 9, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
6:15 a.m. The CoronaVac would reduce mortality by 97% compared to 80% for Pfizer.
The Chinese CoronaVac vaccine would reduce mortality by 97%, while the American Pfizer would have an effectiveness of 80%, according to the preliminary results of a Uruguayan study. The reduction in the number of cases with CoronaVac would be 57% while with Pfizer it would be 75%. As for hospitalizations in intensive care, the study notes an effectiveness of 95% for Coronavac and 99% for Pfizer. She specifies that the figures are preliminary and "must be interpreted with caution, because they do not take into account the age of people, their co-morbidities and groups with high exposure" such as health workers.
6 hours.
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