DIRECT. Covid-19: unvaccinated players will be able to participate in the Australian Open

The essential

• According to the latest report from Public Health France, 4 people have died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.

  1,018 patients are hospitalized in critical care, this is more than the day before.

• 73.9% of the total French population has a complete vaccination schedule.

• On Saturday, 40,000 people, according to the Ministry of the Interior, mobilized across France for the 15th time against the health pass and the government's policy in the face of Covid.

• The pandemic will end "when the world chooses to end it" because "all the tools" are now available to fight the virus, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

6:45 am.

Unvaccinated players welcome to Australian Open.

The latter will be able to participate in the Australian Open in January with a quarantine and regular tests, according to an email from the WTA obtained by a reporter from the New York Times.

The information contradicts statements made by several senior Australian officials, according to which the unvaccinated would not obtain visas.

The announced decision will likely also apply to players in the men's round, which would allow world number one Novak Djokovic to participate.

6:40 am. Funds released for UK health.

British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announces the release of an additional 6 billion pounds (7 billion euros) to help the British public health service (NHS) to absorb the delays accumulated during the health crisis, as part of its new budget. The pandemic has increased pressure on the NHS, a free system the British worship, which previously experienced delays and a chronic lack of staff and hospital beds.

6:35 am.

Beijing Marathon postponed.

The competition scheduled for next Sunday has been postponed indefinitely to prevent any risk of transmission of Covid-19, a hundred days before the Olympics, announce the organizers.

China recorded 39 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, testing its policy of “zero tolerance” towards the virus.

6.30 a.m.

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