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According to the latest report from Public Health France, 30 people have died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
In all, 6,400 Covid-19 patients are currently in hospital, a figure down slightly from the day before.
Among them, 1,010 are in critical care.
For the 15th weekend in a row, demonstrations against the health pass are planned throughout France, even if the mobilization decreases from week to week.
The European Medicines Agency will rule at the beginning of next week on the booster of the vaccine with Moderna.
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8:20 am.
Vietnam is reopening (in part) to tourists.
The Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc plans to reopen to foreign visitors vaccinated at the end of November, authorities said.
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The risk / benefit balance is still positive.
However, "these new data do not to date call into question the benefit / risk ratio", specifies the national drug safety agency.
As a precaution, however, Moderna has not been used for recalls in France for a few days.
The European Medicines Agency is expected to vote on the subject on Monday.
"These new data do not yet call into question the benefit / risk ratio" and "they are shared at European level with the EMA", adds the ANSM.
The EMA will also decide this Monday on the booster doses with Moderna.https: //t.co/8KPxAVG9nK
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7:55 am.
Possible increased risk of myocarditis with Moderna.
Results, published by the regional pharmacovigilance centers of Besançon and Lille show that 106 cases of myocarditis for 10 million injections performed have been reported.
What concludes that there is a possible increased risk of myocarditis, "in particular in men and after the second injection" with the Moderna vaccine.
7.45 a.m. Protesters in custody.
In Guadeloupe too, part of the population is mobilized against the health pass. Two people were also arrested during a demonstration in front of the Basse-Terre Hospital Center and placed in police custody, local media reveal. The unions, particularly opposed to the compulsory vaccination of caregivers, assured that the movement would strengthen by Monday.
7:35.
As every Saturday for 15 weeks already
, demonstrations against the health pass are planned everywhere in France.
To the initial challenge could be added protests against the rise in the price of energy.
According to a confidential note from the police consulted by Le Parisien, the mobilization should however be less important than in previous weeks.
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