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34,446 new cases of contamination were recorded by Public Health France on Friday, against 33,464 on Thursday.
A milestone was reached this week, when there were 20,366 new daily contaminations last Friday.
9,181 people are hospitalized.
The incidence rate now stands at 231, an increase of 54% in one week.
It is today that the booster vaccination opens to all adults.
The regulatory waiting period between the vaccine and this booster dose has been reduced from 6 to 5 months.
While a new variant detected in South Africa worries scientists, the WHO assures that it will take "several weeks" to understand its level of transmissibility and virulence.
This variant, called Omicron, was detected in Belgium, a first announcement in Europe.
Many European countries including the United Kingdom, France, Italy or Switzerland have banned flights from South Africa and neighboring countries.
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7:38.
No Omicron in France (for the moment).
There is no case of the Omicron variant in the country, says Public Health France.
The European Health Agency considers for its part that the risk of the variant spreading is "high to very high".
7:35.
Dam at Omicron.
Several countries, including France, have suspended flights with southern Africa in order to limit the risk of seeing cases of B.1.1.529, renamed Omicron by the WHO, arriving on their soil.
But is closing the borders really effective?
7:32.
More than 5.18 million dead.
The pandemic has killed at least 5.18 million people worldwide since the end of 2019. The United States is the most bereaved country, with 776,321 deaths, ahead of Brazil (613,957), India (467,468) , Mexico (293,449) and Russia (270,292).
7:15 am.
Hello everyone and welcome to this live!
It will allow you to follow, in real time, the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic and the various measures put in place to stop it, in France and around the world.