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70 people have died from Covid in France in the past 24 hours.
A total of 7,361 people are hospitalized against
6,709 a week ago.
“Everything must be done to avoid a new confinement.
Let everyone take their responsibilities, ”said Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire on Monday.
He assured that the State would be alongside professionals if new “coercive” measures were taken.
The mask is compulsory again at school since Monday and throughout the country.
Austria confined from Monday its unvaccinated, a measure that concerns about 35% of the population, or some two million people.
Is this the right solution to the inexorable rebound of the epidemic in Europe?
In Martinique,
the government has decided to postpone the vaccination obligation for caregivers (complete vaccination schedule) to December 31, instead of October 24.
6.30 a.m.
In Ukraine, towards a remuneration of the vaccinated.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announces compensation for Ukrainians who have received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to encourage his largely suspicious compatriots to get immunized.
6:25 am.
Strike against the vaccine obligation in Guadeloupe.
Two firefighters were injured and two people arrested Monday in Guadeloupe during the first day, peppered with incidents, of an unlimited general strike against the vaccine obligation and the health pass.
6:20 am.
Vote on the Social Security budget.
The Senate dominated by the right-wing opposition is preparing to vote without conviction, at first reading, the draft budget of the Social Security for 2022. With more than 500 billion euros, this budget anticipates at this stage a deficit of 20 , 4 billion euros for the general scheme in 2022. Some five billion remaining provisioned to deal with the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis.
6:10 am.
Profits per second.
Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna are making a combined profit of $ 65,000 per minute from their Covid vaccines, says a study by the People's Vaccine Alliance, which campaigns for a better distribution of vaccines around the world.
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