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In France, 45 people have died from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
A total of 110,607 people have lost their lives since the start of the epidemic.
The decline continues with 11,519 people hospitalized, including 1,873 in critical care.
In France, the obligation to wear a mask outside ends this Thursday, including in schoolyards.
The curfew will be lifted on Sunday.
More than a quarter of the French population is fully vaccinated, ie 16,953,092 people who have a complete vaccination schedule.
Globally, the pandemic has killed at least 3.8 million people.
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8:36 am.
“We are working with the aim of opening nightclubs this summer,” explains Olivier Véran
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"The President of the Republic has made an appointment on June 21 and on that date we will know more about the health protocol to be applied to discotheques", continues the Minister of Health.
8:32.
"The epidemic is declining rapidly and is being brought under control", explains Olivier Véran.
8:31.
"We are lifting certain restrictions because the epidemic situation allows it", explains Olivier Véran, the Minister of Health on BFMTV.
"The number of cases is down 40% every week."
8:29 am.
“I wanted to maintain the 2021 bac exams at all costs,” says Jean-Michel Blanquer.
8:28.
"The new school health protocol will be unveiled during the first half of July,"
said the
Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports.
8:26 am.
“We encourage all students to get vaccinated,” says Jean-Michel Blanquer.
8:24.
"The abandonment of the mask during recess time at school makes sense since it is linked to improving the health situation,"
said
Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports on France Inter.
8:14.
A vaccination passport in Japan from July.
Japan announced on Thursday that it would make a vaccine passport available to Japanese travelers from next month, as governments around the world seek to revive tourism and business travel.
"We are preparing to issue a vaccination certificate for those who need it (...) when visiting foreign countries," Japanese government spokesman Katsunobu Kato told reporters.
This certificate will be on paper rather than digital and will be issued by local authorities from July, he says.
7:50 a.m.
"We are easing the restrictions and it makes sense,"
says Dr Jean-Paul Ortiz on RMC.
"The numbers for the epidemic continue to fall but beware of the Delta variant which continues to worry", continues Jean-Paul Ortiz.
7.40 am.
"The abandonment of the wearing of the mask outside is a good thing"
, explains the doctor Jean-Paul Ortiz, president of the Confederation of the French medical unions.
“Outside, the risk of contamination is extremely low.
We contaminate ourselves in closed places and that is why we must keep the mask indoors ”.
7:24.
Japan will lift its state of emergency one month before the Tokyo Olympics.
The Japanese government will lift the state of health emergency in most of the country's departments on Sunday, including Tokyo, which is due to host the Olympic Games in just over a month, while maintaining certain restrictions.
Tokyo and several other Japanese departments have been subject since the end of April to a state of emergency regime which consists mainly of closing bars and restaurants in the early evening and prohibiting them from selling alcohol.
7:15 am.
First disappointing results for CureVac's vaccine candidate.
German laboratory CureVac announces that its main candidate vaccine against COVID-19 had only shown an efficacy of 47%, according to the interim analysis of a large-scale clinical trial, and did not at this stage meet the criteria required.
The vaccine "has reached a preliminary efficacy of 47% against COVID-19, regardless of its severity, not meeting the pre-specified statistical criteria of success," said in a statement the laboratory which signed a major order contract with the European Union for this messenger RNA vaccine.
"The final efficacy could still change," warns the CEO of the laboratory Franz-Werner Haas, quoted in the press release, which particularly questions the difficulties posed by the appearance of variants of the new coronavirus.
6:58 am.
A year of Terminale turned upside down by the Covid
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This year, to reduce the pressure after a year of Terminale upset by the Covid, the continuous assessment will represent at least 82% of the final mark of candidates for the general and technological baccalaureate, the written test in philosophy and that of the grand oral corresponding to the 18% remaining.
The specialty tests, which were to be held for the first time in March, have been canceled in favor of continuous assessment.
6:45 am.
D-day for the 2021 baccalaureate, with the adapted philosophy test.
In a context of adapted tests synonymous for some with "dummy bac" at the end of a year disrupted by the Covid, more than 500,000 candidates cross the doors of high schools this Thursday morning to take the written philosophy, the only test maintained with the great oral.
At 8 am, the 525,760 general and technological high school students will work on four subjects to choose from, instead of three.
The stake of this test was however reduced after the announcements of modifications because of the health crisis: it is the best mark which will be retained, between that obtained in the test and that of the continuous control, on condition of 'have returned his copy.
6:40 am.
More than a quarter of the population fully vaccinated.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 31,083,259 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 46.4% of the total population and 59.2% of the adult population) and 15,108,806 people have received two injections (22.6% of the total population and 28.8% of the adult population), according to still provisional figures, according to the Directorate General of Health.
6:35 am.
45 new deaths in the last 24 hours in France.
A total of 110,607 people have lost their lives since the start of the epidemic.
6.30 a.m.
End of wearing masks outdoors and curfews: how Macron decided to lift the constraints
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The president ruled during the Health Defense Council: the wearing of a mask is no longer compulsory outdoors from this Thursday and the curfew will no longer be implemented from Sunday, June 20.
Behind the scenes of a decision that had been germinating for several days.
6:25 am.
Hospital pressure continues to decrease.
11,519 people are hospitalized for Covid-19, including 1,873 in critical care.
6:20 am.
Why the Delta variant worries the government
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Jean Castex announced that border controls will be reinforced and that the surveillance of the various variants in circulation in France will be intensified.
Our article.
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