DIRECT. Covid-19: tenth Saturday of demonstrations against the health pass

The essential

• In France, 66 deaths from the new coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours.

  A total of 115,960 people have lost their lives since the start of the epidemic.

• The figures for the pandemic continue to improve in France: 9,070 patients are currently hospitalized due to a Covid infection.

• Emmanuel Macron announced on Twitter that France has passed the milestone of 50 million first-time vaccines.

• He said that he was thinking about alleviating, in certain territories, the constraints and restrictions still in force, such as the health pass.

• Worldwide, Covid-19 has officially killed more than 4.6 million people.

Follow the events of the day live:

7:55 am.

Tenth Saturday of demonstrations against the health pass.

For the tenth consecutive week, 180 demonstrations against the health pass are planned this Saturday in France, while President Emmanuel Macron is considering the lifting of certain constraints, in front of the decline in the Covid-19 epidemic.

These mobilizations come when the symbolic milestone of 50 million people who have received at least one dose of vaccine against Covid-19 has been reached.

7.45 a.m.

66 new deaths in France in the last 24 hours.

A total of 115,960 people have lost their lives since the start of the epidemic.

7.40 am. The United Kingdom eases its travel conditions for the vaccinated.

The British government announces an easing of entry requirements to England for vaccinated travelers. From October 4, they will no longer need to take a test before leaving a country that is not on the red list, said Transport Minister Grant Shapps. Then at the end of October, the PCR test required on the second day after arrival on English soil will be replaced by a “less expensive” antigen test.

7:30 am.

The milestone of 50 million first-time vaccinated people reached in France.

The Head of State announced on Twitter that France has passed the 50 million mark for first-time vaccines.

This symbolic threshold is therefore crossed 17 days late.

Read our decryption of this vaccine coverage through four graphs.

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- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) September 17, 2021

7:20 a.m.

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