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Vaccination, explosive health situation in the West Indies, Polynesia ... After a summer still marked by the Covid-19, the government spokesman Gabriel Attal sees in the first council of ministers of re-entry, which is held today, "the opening of a decisive moment in the crisis ”.
Despite a drop in the incidence rate at the national level, hospitalizations are still on the rise in France.
More than 11,000 patients are in hospital due to Covid-19 and 2,221 in critical care.
Olivier Véran has announced that a third dose of the anti-Covid vaccine can be injected to people over 65 from September.
The High Authority for Health gave a favorable opinion on this issue on Tuesday.
As for the start of the academic year, it will be 100% face-to-face.
"There will be no gauge in the lecture halls", announces Frédérique Vidal, the Minister of Higher Education.
The events of Wednesday 25 August:
6:40 am.
A little optimism.
If the health situation is particularly degraded in several French territories, in particular in Polynesia and the West Indies, the hope of defeating the Covid-19 is also growing.
Research is accelerating and the first drug marketing authorizations should arrive in the coming months.
We explain everything in this article.
6:25 am.
Re-entry under Covid-19.
Everyone would have preferred it to be otherwise, but the coronavirus is still present at the end of summer and will be high on the agenda of the first council of ministers back to school, which takes place this morning.
Government objective: to reach 50 million first-time vaccinated by August 31, "a decisive step", according to Gabriel Attal, government spokesman.
6:15 am.
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