The essential
Macron promises to double the donation of vaccine doses for poor countries.
And this, while vaccination is not taking off on the African continent.
Decrease in mobilization to denounce the health pass, with 63,700 demonstrators in the street on Saturday.
14 new deaths and nearly 8,000 patients are still hospitalized.
The Overseas Minister calls for vaccination in Guyana as the region experiences a record of deaths linked to Covid.
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6.30 p.m.
Bolsonaro tested negative on his return from New York.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested negative for Covid-19 after three cases were recorded in his delegation on return from the UN General Assembly in New York, announces the government.
MP Eduardo Bolsonaro, whose father is the Brazilian president, announced on Friday that he had tested positive for Covid-19, the third case of contamination in the Brazilian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly.
6:05 p.m.
In France, 14 new deaths.
Public Health France has some 8,000 hospitalized patients.
5.30 p.m.
Austria: Antivaccines won 7.5% of the vote in a regional election.
It's a surprise in the Upper Austria region.
The anti-vaccine party MFG (Individual Freedoms and Fundamental Rights) founded only five weeks ago won 7.5% of the vote and entered the regional parliament, disrupting the situation, according to the Austrian press agency APA.
17 hours.
The health pass extended beyond November 15, but until when?
The government intends to keep the possibility of imposing the health pass beyond the initially planned deadline.
If a new date has not yet been announced, the electoral calendar and the risk of epidemic resumption complicate its task.
Our analysis.
4.30 p.m.
Eleven new deaths in New Caledonia.
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health point, the government, reports 11 new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total toll to 83 people since September 9.
226 new cases have been detected positive since yesterday, according to the 1st.
As of Wednesday, the island had recorded 16 deaths in 24 hours.
16 hours.
Fights during the reopening of bars in Norway.
Most of the Covid-19 restrictions were lifted in Norway on Saturday.
The unexpected announcement was made on Friday evening.
The establishments serving alcohol were taken by storm.
Fights took place in Bergen in the south of the country.
But it was in Oslo that the evening got the most out of hand, according to The Guardian.
At least 50 fights and various disturbances have been reported to the police in the capital.
3:40 p.m.
Temporary agencies specializing in health overwhelmed.
Since the entry into force of the vaccination obligation among caregivers, the thirty specialized temporary agencies say they have received no more than 1,300 requests to replace unvaccinated caregivers, this is what indicated on Europe 1 the director of the Vitalis Medical network.
3:20 p.m.
The Covid-19 is flowing back into the Grand Est.
The number of Covid-19 cases continued to decline over the past week in the Grand Est Region with 3,784 new cases against 4,978 the previous week.
14 hours. Patients transferred to other hospitals in Syria.
The Syrian Ministry of Health has started the transfer of patients with Covid-19 in Damascus and Latakia to other provinces of the country, against a backdrop of saturation of hospitals and record rates of contamination, according to an official. Syria, a country at war, has recorded 32,580 cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, including 2,198 deaths, but since mid-August, the country has experienced an exponential increase in the number of contaminations, having jumped by less than 50 a day to more than 300 cases daily, according to official figures.
13:43. Why is vaccination not taking off in Africa?
On the African continent, only 6% of people have received at least one dose of the vaccine, compared to more than 50% in Europe and America. The Covax device, supposed to help poor countries to obtain vaccines, is far from its initial objectives while Emmanuel Macron pledged on Saturday to double donations from France. We explain everything in this article.
1:20 p.m.
Estrosi's house targeted by sanitary passes.
Protesters tried to access the house of the mayor of Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) on Saturday.
After deviating from the declared route taken by 1,500 people, a group of individuals took up positions at the bottom of the imposing residence of Mayor Les Républicains.
Contained by the police, the crowd displayed French flags.
Several “Estrosi collabo” were launched in a hostile manner before dispersal “by force”, specifies the police.
The target of # sanitary antipass: @cestrosi # nice06 pic.twitter.com/UdiiYW6mCJ
- Stéphanie Gasiglia (@MissGasi) September 25, 2021
12:40. We manufacture 300 million doses of vaccines in Europe per month.
"We will be ready for a third dose in Europe", assures Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner. "We must allow Africa to have production lines in Africa with the help of donors" to be able to increase the vaccination rate in countries which are very late. In addition, Europe will deliver 950 million vaccines to these countries.
12:35.
4,740,525 dead worldwide.
More than 231,483,340 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed since the start of the epidemic.
On the day of Saturday, 6,171 new deaths and 378,753 new cases were recorded worldwide.
The countries that have recorded the most new deaths in their latest reports are Russia with 805 new deaths, the United States (762) and Mexico (600).
12:30 p.m.
"We are the number one continent in the world for vaccination", welcomes Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner on RTL / LCI / Le Figaro.
10:10 am.
Vladimir Putin has emerged from his period of isolation.
Vladimir Putin traveled to Siberia for a few days to hike and fish, the Kremlin said, signaling the end of the Russian president's period of isolation after the discovery of cases of coronavirus infections in his entourage.
Vladimir Putin, who received two injections of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19, said in mid-September that he should spend “a few days” in isolation as a precaution.
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9:20 a.m. Return of pleasure boats to the 49th Grand Pavois in La Rochelle.
A record number of some 150 new boats, some of which will be world premieres, will be presented at the 49th edition of the Grand Pavois boat show, which will be held from Tuesday until October 3 in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime). Canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus, this essential economic meeting for the French nautical industry will welcome 800 brands and will exhibit 700 boats, half of which will be afloat, along three km of pontoons in the port of Minimes. This 49th edition will be sponsored by Yannick Bestaven, winner of the Vendée Globe 2021 and from La Rochelle by adoption.
8.45 a.m. Denmark is closing test centers and vaccinodromes.
85% of those over 12 are now vaccinated. Many vaccination and screening centers with declining attendance are closing. The country is also in the process of downsizing on tests.
“This massive testing campaign was part of the strategy to open up the country. But now that so many people are vaccinated, it no longer makes sense, ”
said Trine Baadsgaard, communications manager for the Covid-19 screening centers in Copenhagen.
8:25 am. New restrictive measures in Singapore.
Six million Singaporeans are preparing to live with new restrictive measures to cope with a probable increase in Covid-19 contamination, despite an 80% vaccination rate in the country. According to Bloomberg, the goal of the island city-state is to limit the mildest cases which could otherwise quadruple in two weeks and overload hospitals. Among other provisions that are about to come into force: the establishment of a maximum of two people to meet in restaurants or other meeting places, the strengthening of teleworking or the establishment of distance courses for primary school students.
8 hours.
A symbolic milestone crossed.
Since Saturday evening, the incidence rate has been below 50 in more than one in two departments.
A first for two months.
It is symbolic: the incidence rate is lower than 50 this evening in more than one in two departments (precisely 52 out of 101), for the first time in two months.
# Covid19
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- Nicolas Berrod (@nicolasberrod) September 25, 2021
7:50 a.m.
Incentives for vaccination in Congo.
The authorities of Congo have enacted additional measures to strengthen vaccination coverage against the coronavirus in the country.
As of November 1, they will make the vaccination certificate compulsory for access to administrations and certain establishments such as pension funds or banks, or even transport between the country's major cities.
7:15 am.
End of the mandatory quarantine for tourists to Ireland.
Now, the mandatory two-week quarantine imposed since March on visitors entering the country to fight the spread of the coronavirus has been suspended in Ireland.
7:10. Wave of home schooling in the face of anti-Covid measures in Austria.
Thousands of parents have decided to unsubscribe their child this year in schools because of the health protocol applied in Austria: tests three times a week, including at least one PCR, wearing a mask in the corridors ... According to the ministry, this concerns more than 7,500 students. Even though this is a small proportion of the 700,000 children attending school in Austria, this figure is three times higher than in 2019/20.
7:05 am.
Fuel shortages: London ready to relax visa rules for foreign drivers.
According to media reports, Boris Johnson's government will issue up to 5,000 temporary visas in the short term, amid an estimated shortage of 100,000 foreign heavy truck drivers caused jointly by the pandemic and Brexit.
7 hours.
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