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Thanks to the vaccine, hospitalizations could be halved.
There are 27,934 new contaminations in France in 24 hours.
Martinique is confined for three weeks from Friday evening.
It is the end of the quarantine for those vaccinated from the EU upon arriving in the United Kingdom, except for the French.
The Moderna vaccine has been authorized for 12-17 year olds by the Haute Autorité de Santé.
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6:40 am. New York State is taking steps to vaccinate its officials.
All 130,000 New York State officials will need to be vaccinated or tested regularly, while the requirement to receive an anti-Covid injection will be strict for hospital staff in contact with patients, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced . Last week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio previously announced that he would require the city's 300,000 public servants, including police, firefighters and teachers, to be vaccinated or tested on a weekly basis. .
6:20 am. The head of American diplomacy is supporting the WHO to investigate the Covid.
US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken met with the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Kuwait, to whom he “supported” in his efforts to deepen the investigation in China into the origin of the disease. the pandemic. "The United States supports the WHO's plan to conduct additional studies on the origins of Covid-19, including in the People's Republic of China, to better understand the pandemic and prevent the next ones," tweeted the secretary of State.
6:10 am.
Nicaragua dissolves 24 NGOs that criticized the management of the pandemic.
The Nicaraguan parliament has withdrawn the legal status of 24 civil society organizations, most of them in the medical field in response to their criticism of the management of the epidemic in the country.
6:05 am.
Record of contaminations in Tokyo in the middle of the Olympics.
The number of daily Covid-19 cases in Tokyo topped 3,000 for the first time, and several neighboring departments are considering restrictions to deal with a sharp spike in infections.
The Japanese capital, currently under a state of health emergency, has been hosting the Olympic Games since last Friday.
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