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In France, there have been 12 deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
A total of 117,683 people have lost their lives since the start of the epidemic.
The epidemic resumes in France with 6,572 hospitalized Covid-19 patients, against 6,377 eight days ago.
1,046 people are treated in critical care.
France has passed the threshold of 50 million French people fully vaccinated.
After receiving the green light from their drug agency, the United States is preparing to start vaccinating 5-11 year olds with Pfizer in the coming weeks.
The pandemic has claimed nearly 5 million lives worldwide.
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6:45 am.
Green light for Moderna vaccine for adolescents delayed in USA.
The Moderna laboratory indicates that the American health authorities were delaying the approval of its vaccine against Covid-19 for adolescents, in order to give themselves time to better assess the risks of myocarditis.
The US drug agency FDA "informed Moderna that it needed more time to assess recent international myocarditis risk analysts after vaccination," Moderna said in a statement.
This review on the recommendation of the Moderna vaccine for 12 to 17 year olds could last until January 2022, specifies the laboratory.
6:40 am.
The epidemic is once again gaining ground in France
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The incidence rate is now continuing to rise to 2% as well as the number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients.
Currently, 1,046 people are receiving critical care.
6:35 am.
12 new deaths in the last 24 hours in France.
A total of 117,683 people have lost their lives since the start of the epidemic.
6.30 a.m.
Green light from the American drug agency for
vaccination of 5-11 year olds with Pfizer
.
The first injections could be carried out as early as November.
At least 28 million children are affected.
6:20 am.
50 million French people fully vaccinated.
According to the Ministry of Solidarity and Health, 51,230,755 people have received a first injection and 50,049,551 people have a complete vaccination schedule (at least two doses).
6:10 am.
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It will allow you to follow, over the course of the day, the evolution of the epidemic situation in France and in the world.
