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Hospital admissions due to Covid-19 continue to increase.
The country now has 9,646 people hospitalized and 1,837 patients in critical care, up from 1,510 seven days ago.
For this new Saturday of mobilization, 214,845 people demonstrated throughout France against the health pass, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior.
They were 237,000 last weekend.
The event was particularly well attended in the south of France and in particular in Toulon, Nice, Montpellier and Marseille.
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7.45 a.m.
Resumption of vaccination in DRC.
After 35 days of shortage, the Democratic Republic of the Congo can finally resume vaccination.
The country has just received more than 50,000 doses of AstraZeneca, sent by the United Kingdom, via the Covax solidarity device.
This batch will mainly allow the administration of the second dose to people who have already received the first.
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Some precisions.
The anti-health pass mobilization was particularly strong in the southern half of France.
The participants were at least 47,700 in the South-East - including 22,000 in Toulon and 6,000 in Nice.
The demonstrations brought together 7,500 people in Montpellier and 4,200 in Bordeaux.
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And to start, a point on the demonstrations of this Saturday.
Despite the forecasts of territorial intelligence, which provided for an amplification of the movement, 214,845 people beat the pavement throughout France, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior, against 237,000 people last weekend.
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