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Saturday evening in France, 7,050 people were hospitalized due to a Covid-19 infection, nearly 400 more than a week ago.
20 people have died from Covid in hospital.
74.8% of the total population in France has a complete vaccination course.
As of Friday, 4 million of the 7.7 million eligible patients had received a third dose.
Faced with the resurgence of cases among our Belgian neighbors, the prefect of the North has tightened the entry conditions from Belgium for stays of more than one day.
Unvaccinated people should test negative within 24 hours.
While Vietnam welcomed its first international tourists for twenty months, Morocco, worried that Europe has once again become the epicenter of the pandemic, has tightened its controls.
France is concerned.
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8:12 am.
In Japan, domestic tourism boosted.
The Japanese government plans to resume subsidies to promote domestic tourism from mid-January, and through April, according to the Nikkei newspaper.
The grants will be part of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's new pandemic relief program, which is expected to be presented on Friday.
Japan halted a program in December that used public money to offer domestic tourists discounts on hotels and travel costs.
8 hours.
In New Zealand.
207 new cases were identified between yesterday and this morning, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 8,331 infections.
With one person deceased in the past 24 hours, the fatal toll of the pandemic is 34 deaths.
7:50 a.m.
Beijing City locks down a bit more.
The municipality has already taken measures to protect itself from the outbreaks that persist.
As of Wednesday, people who have traveled in the past two weeks to international land ports of entry are asked to have a basic reason for traveling to the Chinese capital.
The others, a negative test of less than 48 hours.
The small northern administrative divisions of Heihe, Erenhot and Ejina, located along China's borders with Russia and Mongolia, are among the areas hardest hit by the national epidemic that has raged since mid-October and has resulted in the development of confirmed symptoms in more than 1,200 nationally transmitted cases.
7.40 am.
Australia will vaccinate children from January.
Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Sunday that administration would begin "if possible in early January," once medical regulators return.
Army Lt. Gen. John Frewen, commander of Australian Task Force Covid-19, told The Age newspaper Australia had secured the necessary supplies, and even enough to do "recalls to infants" if necessary.
Australia passed the 90% mark of people aged 16 and over who received a single dose on Friday.
57.7% of children aged 12 to 15 are also vaccinated.
7:30 am. In the United States, Biden is very contradictory.
A US federal court confirms the suspension of the vaccination obligation for employees of large companies, in order to extend collective coverage. The measure, wanted by the Biden administration, was widely criticized. The suspended text left it to the employer to take the measures it deemed appropriate, including disciplinary ones, against those who were resistant to the vaccine and to regular tests.
7:20 a.m. If you missed it yesterday.
The prefect of the North has announced a tightening of controls at the Belgian border. Since yesterday, people from this country, aged 12 and over, must present a complete vaccination schedule or the negative result of a PCR test or an antigen test carried out less than 24 hours before their departure. The obligation does not apply to truck drivers or border workers who come during the day and are less than 30 km from their homes.
7:10.
Polling stations have opened in Bulgaria
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While the country is in serious health difficulties, Bulgarians are called to vote for the third time since the start of the year.
Bulgaria has been plagued by political uncertainty since April, when elections ended the ten-year reign of former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov after massive anti-corruption protests.
7 hours.
Hello and welcome to this live.
We follow the news of the Covid, which unfortunately goes up at the same time as the indicators.