DIRECT. Covid-19: the law relating to the management of the health crisis promulgated

The essential

• The Constitutional Council rendered its decision on the extension of the health pass and the vaccination obligation of certain employees.

  In restaurants in particular, it will have to be presented from this Monday, August 9.

  Find the instructions for use of its application in our article.

  A new call to demonstrate is also launched for tomorrow.

• Italy makes the health pass compulsory for teachers.

  If they want to enter establishments, they will have to certify that they are protected against Covid.

  The measure is in addition to the “Green Pass” required from this Friday at the entrance to bars, restaurants, swimming pools, museums, theaters and cinemas.

• Emmanuel Macron confirmed that the government was preparing to organize a vaccine booster campaign against the Covid "at the start of the school year" for "the most fragile and the oldest".

  On the way for a 3rd dose.

• Amazon is delaying the return of its employees to its offices to January 3, 2022, instead of September.

Follow the events of the day live:

6:55 am.

Australia tightens restrictions.

From August 11, if the Australian Parliament validates the government text, any citizen or permanent resident living outside Australia will have to apply for an exit permit to reach their country of residence.

He may be refused.

6:40 am.

The law relating to the management of the health crisis, validated yesterday (in large part) by the Constitutional Council, was published in the Official Journal on Friday.

In addition to everything that we already know, it establishes a state of health emergency as of this day in Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy.

6.30 a.m. Things are bad in Australia.

60% of the 25 million inhabitants of the country are now confined. In Sydney, confined for six weeks, a new peak of contamination - 291 in 24 hours, against 259 the day before - was recorded on Friday. "At least 50 (of these people) have caused contagions in the community," lamented New South Wales Prime Minister Gladys Berejiklian, explaining that they had spent time outside while they were infectious. An anti-containment demonstration erupted Thursday evening in the capital Melbourne.

6:20 am.

South Korea will extend its restrictions for two weeks.

Seoul and surrounding areas have banned private gatherings of more than two people after 6 p.m., meetings of more than four people are banned in the rest of the country.

The Prime Minister hopes to be able to reopen schools in two weeks in complete safety.

14.7% of the country's adults are fully immunized.

6:10 am.

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