DIRECT. Covid-19: facing Delta, even Israel tightens its health restrictions

The essential

• In 24 hours, in France, 134 new patients were hospitalized for Covid, bringing the number of hospitalizations to 7,974.

  1,331 of these patients are in critical care.

  57 people also died.

• The White Plan was launched in Corsica to combat the explosion of cases on the island.

  It makes it possible to mobilize medical and human resources en masse to help hospitals in a region face an exceptional situation.

• The caregivers are called to strike from this Wednesday against the vaccine obligation and to ask for increases.

  The notice from the SUD Social Health Federation runs until September 3.

• In France, 66% of adults are fully vaccinated.

  For the EU, this is half of its population (223.8 million people).

  One month late, the United States has reached the rate of 70% of adults who have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

• New York is introducing a vaccination pass: from August 18, vaccination will be compulsory to go to restaurants or to theaters and gyms.

  In Quebec, three million people have registered for a lottery reserved for the vaccinated.

  At the end of the day, a million to be won.

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6:40 am. Even Israel is reimposing restrictions.

A champion of vaccination, the country has been facing an increase in contamination in recent weeks. From August 8, the health pass will be compulsory for all gatherings in an enclosed public place, the wearing of a mask will be compulsory in outdoor places with more than 100 people. Quarantine will be mandatory for people returning from most countries of the world, vaccinated or not. In the past 24 hours, Israel has recorded 3,818 cases of Covid, a record since March, and the country has 422 people hospitalized, 221 of whom are in serious condition.

6.30 a.m.

Moratorium on deportations in the United States.

Under pressure from the Democratic left wing, the Biden administration declared a new moratorium on tenant evictions until October, citing public health risks in the midst of the pandemic's rebound.

Spain did the same on Tuesday, adding a ban on cutting the power.

6:20 am.

Biden wants to vaccinate the world.

"Vaccinate America and help vaccinate the world, that's how we are on the verge of defeating the pandemic," US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday.

The United States has donated 110 million doses of the vaccine to 60 countries.

He urged still unvaccinated Americans to take the plunge.

Tune in as I give an update on our progress toward fighting the COVID-19 pandemic by increasing vaccinations at home and around the world.

https://t.co/kW0K1QuYdZ

- President Biden (@POTUS) August 3, 2021

6:10 am.

The strict curfew comes into force in Guadeloupe.

It is this Wednesday evening that the French island is reconfigured again, for three weeks, to curb a meteoric rise in cases.

Travel cannot exceed 10 km around the home and a strict curfew applies from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.

6 hours.

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