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DIRECT. Covid-19: Sydney extends confinement by one month

2021-08-20T04:56:16.453Z


The Delta variant continues to strain the health situations of many countries. In France, the level of contamination remains very high, but


The essential

  • More than 300 new caregivers are due to arrive today in Guadeloupe and Martinique, where the health situation remains dramatic.

    Medical evacuations are continuing.

  • In France, yesterday, 23,973 new cases were registered.

    Over seven days, the number of contaminations fell by 4.1%, a first since early July.

    Since the health pass came into effect, the number of tests has exploded.

  • While France is paving the way for a 3rd injection for seniors - already administered to most people with immunosuppression - Israel is gradually lowering the age to receive it.

    Since last night, it's 40 years old, and it will start on Sunday.

  • Morocco and Algeria will be from tomorrow, like Tunisia, on the red list of countries with high traffic.

    The non-vaccinated will have to respect a quarantine of ten days on their return to France.

    This measure is shaking up many vacationers.

  • Sonny Chiba, martial arts expert and legend of Japanese cinema, died yesterday of complications from Covid-19 at the age of 82.

Follow the day's events live:

6:40 am. Sydney is extending her confinement for a month.

Despite already two months of efforts, "the number of cases continues to increase," said the Prime Minister of the State of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, acknowledging having had to make a "difficult" decision. The most populated city in the country has more than 600 new cases every day. Residents living in the most affected parts will be subject to a nighttime curfew and will only be able to go out for an hour a day for physical activity. A thousand soldiers have been deployed to help the police enforce the rules, they are also going door to door to encourage people to get tested.

6.30 a.m.

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Vaccine pass in Saudi Arabia.

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6:10 am.

Tick ​​tock.

President Biden gave US intelligence services until Monday to deliver a report on the origins of Covid-19.

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Source: leparis

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