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The essential

• In France, the epidemic resumes and the number of contaminations explodes with nearly 21,539 new cases in 24 hours.

  We deplore 22 new deaths linked to Covid-19.

  Since the start of the epidemic, 111,576 people have died from it.

• The health pass, in force since June 9, has seen a vast extension since Wednesday.

  Everything you need to know.

  It will not be compulsory for students in schools, announced Jean Castex.

• The debates around the extension of the health pass have started in the National Assembly and should continue again this Thursday and then before the Senate.

• A new vaccination target has been announced: 50 million first-time vaccines by the end of August.

  For this, five million vaccination appointments will be opened "within 15 days".

• The pandemic has killed more than 4.1 million people worldwide since the end of December 2019.

Follow the events of the day live:

6:45 am.

Impose the health pass to enter the Assembly?

A constitutional puzzle.

An amendment aimed at imposing the health pass on 577 deputies as well as 1351 civil servants working in the Palais-Bourbon has been revoked, causing a controversy.

The problem is constitutional.

Read here.

6:40 am.

Restrictions, health pass for young people… What to remember from Jean Castex's intervention.

The Prime Minister has not announced new restrictions to deal with the very rapid resumption of the epidemic in the immediate future.

However, he provided several details concerning the health pass and vaccination.

All you need to remember.

6:35 am.

The fourth wave is here in France.

The epidemic resumes and the number of contaminations explodes with nearly 21,539 new cases in 24 hours.

We also deplore 22 new deaths linked to Covid-19.

6.30 a.m.

Return of the mask required outdoors.

Several departments have reinstated the wearing of a compulsory mask outdoors, in certain municipalities where the incidence rate exceeds the alert threshold.

Hérault, Haute-Corse and Meurthe-et-Moselle are concerned.

6:25 am.

The CNIL calls on Parliament to "define" the new system.

The National Commission for Informatics and Freedoms speaks of a "particularly strong" attack on freedoms which can only be accepted if the State "can demonstrate that the surplus efficiency brought by the health pass (...) appears necessary ”, in the words of its president, Marie-Laure Denis.

More information in our article.

6:20 am.

Senate rapporteur Philippe Bas (LR) wants the rules to be "clear for all French people".

While the Senate is preparing to seize the bill on the extension of the health pass, this Thursday, Philippe Bas says he is "ready to give every chance" to the device.

"Our role in the Senate is to ensure that the restrictions are strictly proportionate to the needs and that the rules are clear for all French people," he said.

It is a question of both “being careful not to go too far” and “not being below efficiency”.

6:10 am.

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