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In France, nine people have died from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
A total of 111,190 people have lost their lives since the start of the epidemic.
7,913 patients are treated in hospital due to a Covid-19 infection.
Among them, 1,104 are in critical care.
From Wednesday, foreign tourists to France will have to pay for their Covid-19 detection tests.
Faced with the progression of the Delta variant, the government is considering forcing all caregivers to be vaccinated.
In France, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran alerted Sunday to the fact that a fourth wave is "possible from the end of July".
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7:49 am.
“The incidence rate is going up, we have to be very vigilant,” explains Alain Fischer.
"There are still many vulnerable people who are not vaccinated", continues
the government's “Monsieur Vaccin”.
7:46 am.
“Caregivers must protect themselves and their patients, that's obvious,” says Alain Fischer.
7:44 am.
"We must organize and vaccinate against the Delta variant, it's a race against time,"
said on France Info
Alain Fischer, the “Monsieur Vaccin” of the government.
7.40 am.
Venezuela's ultimatum to the Covax program
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro issues an ultimatum to the Covax program aimed at guaranteeing equitable access to anti-Covid 19 vaccines, ensuring that his country has paid for these vaccines but has still not received them.
“The Covax system has failed.
We have fulfilled our part (...) An ultimatum to the Covax system: either we are sent the vaccines or we are returned the money ", declared Nicolas Maduro on national television, specifying that his country had paid 120 million dollars to the World Health Organization (WHO) system without receiving anything.
7:31.
Oil: the rag is burning between the producers of Opec +.
The 23 members of OPEC +, who left Friday on a finding of disagreement, will try this Monday to unblock the impasse and find an agreement on their production of black gold from August.
A plan is on the table: to increase oil production by 400,000 barrels per day each month between August and December, for a total of 2 million barrels daily put back on the market by the end of the year.
7:20 a.m.
After Delta, should we fear even more dangerous variants?
New variants can emerge as long as the virus is circulating, the scientists say.
For now, vaccines seem to be effective against those that are circulating.
But until when ?
To read here.
7:09 am.
The British public health service decorated by Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen Elizabeth II awarded the British public health service, the NHS, strained by the Covid-19 pandemic and which is celebrating its 73 years this Monday, the George Cross, the United Kingdom's highest civilian honor.
"This decoration rewards all NHS staff, past and present, in all disciplines and in the four nations" of the United Kingdom, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, says the queen in a handwritten message .
“Collectively, for more than seven decades, they have supported the people of our country with courage, compassion and dedication, demonstrating the high level of public service,” she adds.
Established in 1940, the George Cross rewards heroism and acts of courage in circumstances of extreme danger.
6:59 am.
The South, a weak link in American vaccination.
A large black minority generally suspicious of vaccines, conservative white rural people convinced they kill more than Covid: the southern states have among the lowest vaccination rates in the United States, making this deprived region a heel of 'Achilles facing mutations in the virus.
In fact, many African Americans - who make up 27% of Alabama's five million people - prefer to “wait and see” the effects of the vaccine before taking action.
6:45 am.
The Covid-19 is not yet "defeated", warns Biden
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US President Joe Biden warns that “the Covid-19 had not been defeated”, and calls on his compatriots to be vaccinated, “the most patriotic action possible”, on the occasion of the American national holiday.
However, he assures in a speech that the United States had "gained the upper hand" on a virus which "no longer controls our lives", while the rapid circulation of the Delta variant and the low vaccination rate in certain regions worry experts.
6:40 am.
Nearly 24.5 million French people fully vaccinated.
More than 56,550,000 injections have been performed, according to the Directorate General of Health.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 34,549,222 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 51.2% of the total population) and 24,426,131 people now have a complete vaccination schedule
(36.2% of the total population), according to still provisional data.
6.30 a.m.
Variant Delta: the new warning from Olivier Véran.
In a tweet, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran insists on the possibility of a new wave from the end of July, due to the “very contagious” Delta variant.
And to recall the merits of barrier gestures, of the vaccine with this triple injunction: test / alert / protect.
For 5 days, the virus has not decreased, it increases again.
Because of the delta variant which is very contagious.
The English example shows that a wave is possible from the end of July.
We can limit it and limit its health impact: barrier actions, vaccine, test / alert / protect
- Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) July 4, 2021
6:25 am.
Nine new deaths in France in the past 24 hours.
Transfers from hospitals to Public Health France are less important on Sundays than on weekdays.
Since the start of the epidemic, at least 111,190 people have died in connection with a Covid-19 infection, including 84,717 in hospital.
6:20 am.
In France, the hospital situation is stable.
7,913 patients are treated in hospital due to a Covid-19 infection.
That number stood at 9,912 the day before.
Among them, 1,104 are in critical care, against 1,102 the day before.
6:10 am.
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