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In France, there have been 28 new deaths linked to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
Since the start of the epidemic, 117,875 people have died from an infection linked to the coronavirus.
Parliament authorizes the possibility of using the health pass until the end of July 2022. The bill had been rejected the day before in the Senate.
President Emmanuel Macron will speak on Tuesday at 8 p.m.
"Faced with a resumption of the epidemic", Jean Castex calls "for general mobilization around vaccination".
Pfizer announces that its anti-Covid pill was 89% effective in preventing the risk of hospitalization or death, according to early clinical trial results.
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7:50 a.m.
Covid-19: the sword of Damocles for Emmanuel Macron.
Six months before the presidential election, the executive is closely monitoring the resumption of the epidemic.
Emmanuel Macron will speak on Tuesday evening to discuss the health situation.
And the government is working on new measures, in particular on how to encourage the most vulnerable to be administered a third dose of vaccine.
Our analysis.
7.45 a.m.
Why is the recall campaign moving so slowly?
Started in September, the vaccination booster campaign is progressing too slowly, according to some doctors.
It is however an essential tool to limit the effects of a fifth wave.
Decryption.
7.40 am.
Pfizer's pill 89% effective against hospitalizations and death, according to the lab
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It is an antiviral, easy to administer.
This type of treatment is a complement to vaccines in the fight against the pandemic.
Read here.
7:30 am.
74.5% of French people fully vaccinated.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 51,348,214 people have received at least one injection, or 76.2% of the total population, according to the latest report established by the Directorate General of Health (DGS).
50,202,730 people now have a complete vaccination schedule, ie 74.5% of the total population.
7:20 a.m.
Europe again in the red.
Covid-19 contaminations are now on the rise in almost all European countries.
To the point that the WHO has warned of the possibility that 500,000 deaths linked to Covid-19 will be recorded on the continent by February.
Why such concern?
The details to read in our article.
7:10.
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