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DIRECT. Covid-19: Ireland will vaccinate 12-15 year olds

2021-07-28T05:13:39.093Z


One in two French people is now fully vaccinated. However, the situation is deteriorating with more than 7,000 hospitalizations and nearly 978


The essential

  • 28 new deaths and nearly 27,000 new infections in France.

  • The milestone of 50% of people fully vaccinated was crossed on Tuesday.

  • An employee without a health pass may well be made redundant, said Labor Minister Elisabeth Borne.

  • The number of daily cases is falling in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Catalonia ...

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7:05 am.

The city of Sydney is extending the lockdown for four weeks.

Introduced on June 26, this extension transforms what was initially supposed to be a “rapid” containment of Australia's most populous city into one of the longest in the country since the start of the pandemic.

6:55 am.

The United States will step up measures against the Delta variant.

Wearing a mask is once again compulsory in high-risk areas, even for vaccinated people, and the authorities have not ruled out a vaccination obligation for federal government employees.

“We have seen an increase in vaccination in recent days but we need to do better.

On Thursday, I will be presenting new steps in our effort to get more Americans immunized, ”Biden said.

6:45 am. Record number of cases in Iran.

Iran has recorded a new record of coronavirus infections for the second day in a row in the past 24 hours, with nearly 35,000 cases. In addition, 357 deaths have been recorded, bringing the total number of people who have died since the start of the pandemic to 89,479.

6.30 a.m. Saudis who break the rules will be denied travel for three years.

Saudi Arabia has announced a new three-year travel ban sanction against its citizens who travel to destinations on its red list linked to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the national airline Saudia, citizens are banned from traveling to 16 countries, especially Asia, Africa and the Middle East, including the neighboring United Arab Emirates but also India, Turkey, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates. Iran.

6:15 am. Access to vaccines widens inequalities in economic recovery, according to the IMF.

The recovery is expected to be faster than expected in developed economies, but slower for emerging countries, due in particular to unequal access to vaccines. The IMF, which maintains its forecast for global growth of 6% in 2021. "Access to vaccines has become the main line of rupture dividing the global recovery into two blocks," said the IMF. Nearly 40% of the population of advanced economies is fully vaccinated, compared to 11% in emerging market economies and a tiny fraction in low-income developing countries, details the IMF, which recently proposed a $ 50 billion plan to vaccinate at least 40% of the world's population by the end of the year.

6:10 am. Ireland will vaccinate 12-15 year olds.

Ireland will open vaccination to children 12 and over, the government said, stressing the "significant risk" posed by the Delta variant. According to Health Minister Steven Donelly, they will be offered the Pfizer and Moderna messenger RNA vaccines that have been approved by the European Union. 16- and 17-year-olds were able to start registering to get vaccinated with mRNA vaccines. About 69% of the Irish population is fully vaccinated, 83% partially, according to the government.

6:05 am.

One in two French people fully vaccinated.

The milestone of 50% of people fully vaccinated was crossed on Tuesday.

In detail, 40,719,515 people received a first injection (i.e. 60.4% of the total population) and 34,026,476 people have a complete vaccination schedule (i.e. 50.5% of the total population), according to the General Directorate. of Health.

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Source: leparis

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