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According to the latest data from Public Health France, 8,887 people are hospitalized in France because of Covid-19 or one of its variants.
The decline continues: they were 8,912 people hospitalized on Saturday and 10,012 last Sunday.
In the light of this assessment, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran confirmed Sunday in our newspaper of possible reductions in restrictions, including concerning the health pass, the implementation of which was denounced in 199 rallies across France on Saturday.
A Health Defense Council will be held “soon”, Gabriel Attal announced yesterday.
On the menu: "a reflection on how we can adapt the health pass to the local situation".
On Sunday evening, 1,832 people remained in critical care services, compared to 1,837 the day before and 2,129 the previous Sunday.
Some 33 SARS-CoV-2 patients have also joined the critical care units since Saturday.
The total number of deaths since the start of the epidemic stands at 116,030, including 89,233 in hospital, with 28 deaths in the last 24 hours.
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7 hours.
Confinement relaxed in Martinique.
We are gradually loosening the grip in Martinique: from this Monday, travel will be authorized within a radius of 10km, instead of 1 km around the home until then.
Access to the beaches will be authorized again, “in dynamic mode”.
Navigation will be possible with the rule of 6 passengers maximum for private boats.
From Wednesday, September 22, non-essential shops will be able to reopen while respecting the obligation to wear a mask and the gauge of 8m2 per person.
Restaurants and sports halls will also be able to raise the curtain, the sanitary pass will be compulsory.
On the other hand, the hours of the curfew will remain unchanged: it will still be forbidden to travel between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m., unless there is a compelling reason.
6:45 am.
Stop wasted doses.
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls on senior officials of his country and the European Union to face the "disaster of wasted Covid-19 vaccine doses".
If politicians do not redistribute their vaccines to the poorest countries, 100,000 doses could be wasted by December, warns Gordon Brown.
Read also Covid-19 vaccines: why are there "incompressible" losses?
6.30 a.m.
How Jean Castex's QR code ended up online.
Internet users have scanned the famous QR code of the Prime Minister, we explain everything in this article.
6:15 am.
Covid-19 at school: to follow or not to follow the Scientific Council?
In an opinion that has not been made public, the experts recommend systematically screening children at school and sending home only children detected positive in the largest classes.
The Ministry of National Education, which has not adopted this strategy, refuses to comment.
6:10 am.
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