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51,496,116 people in France received at least one vaccine injection, or 76.4% of the total population.
Since Emmanuel Macron's speech on Tuesday, more than 620,000 appointments have been made.
More than 4 million booster doses of the vaccine have already been administered.
Call for a general strike in Guadeloupe against the vaccine obligation.
Partial containment in the Netherlands and first clashes between demonstrators and police.
The 75% gauge has officially been lifted for nightclubs in France.
Germany has recorded more than 50,000 contaminations in 24 hours, a record since the start of the pandemic.
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7:35.
Towards a reduction in customs duties on Covid vaccines in the Asia-Pacific region.
Leaders of countries in the Asia-Pacific region gathered at a virtual summit agreed to reduce customs duties on Covid-19 vaccines, but failed to make significant progress on climate change.
7:25 am. Restrictions in Greenland to counter the new wave.
The Greenland authorities have announced the implementation of restrictions in Nuuk, the capital of this Danish autonomous territory, in order to counter the sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 cases. "Events, activities or other can have a maximum of 20 participants (...) both indoors and outdoors, with the exception of shops," said the health authorities. In addition, people leaving Nuuk, where more than a third of the 56,000 inhabitants of the vast Arctic island reside, to go to other places in the territory must be vaccinated and take a test within 48 hours, they said. precise. These measures are initially valid from November 13 to 26.
7:15 am. False Covid alert before the Ireland-New Zealand rugby match.
A false positive test for Covid-19 gave a scary time to the XV of Ireland on the eve of its test match against the All Blacks, two players who had to avoid training as a precaution.
“The player in question and a close contact were immediately isolated from the rest of the squad when the problem arose and the entire team and management underwent antigen and PCR tests,” the Irish Federation (IRFU) said in a statement.
Except that "the individual who produced a positive test then passed two PCR tests in two different laboratories, which both turned out to be negative", continues the IRFU.
The two players concerned, whose identity has not been revealed, may well be aligned this Saturday against New Zealand.
7:10.
Pfizer is seeking authorization for its vaccine for 5-11 year olds in Brazil.
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer has asked the Brazilian health surveillance agency (Anvisa) to authorize the use of its vaccine against Covid-19 in children aged 5 to 11. The authorization request provides that the dosage of the vaccine "will be adapted and lower than that used for 12 years and over" and will be distributed in different vials. Pfizer said that, according to a "preliminary analysis", "a two-dose regimen of 10 micrograms of vaccine has been shown to be safe and capable of generating a high level of antibodies" in this age group. The Brazilian health regulator now has 30 days to study the request for Pfizer, whose vaccine has already been authorized for 5-11 year olds in the United States since November 2.
7:05 am. American justice maintains the suspension of the vaccine obligation wanted by Biden in companies.
The three judges of the New Orleans Court of Appeal have notably declared that the vaccination obligation "greatly exceeds" the authority of the administration. This decision comes after a similar judgment, handed down last week, which suspended this measure. Even though it is only a suspension at this point, it remains a tough test for Democratic President Joe Biden, who had just recorded his first major legislative victory with passage in Congress. of its infrastructure investment plan.
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