The essential
The latest report in France shows 225 deaths in 24 hours.
3,025 Covid-19 patients are in critical care;
they were 2,752 a week earlier.
Before considering other restrictions, the government is betting everything on the vaccination campaign, unlike some European neighbors.
Soon a health pass to go to work?
"Nothing has been done at this stage," said Labor Minister Élisabeth Borne, after receiving the social partners on this subject on Monday.
The Haute Autorité de santé has declared itself in favor of the vaccination of 5-11 year olds, but does not wish to make it "payable or compulsory".
The EU authorizes Novavax's anti-Covid vaccine, the 5th in its arsenal.
Here is what we know about this serum.
Follow the events of this December 21:
6:25 am.
No containment envisaged in the United States.
The Biden administration does not plan to "lock in" the country in the face of a potential new winter wave of Covid, says executive spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
The US president, who is due to address the Americans on Tuesday about the Omicron variant, will instead emphasize the benefits of vaccination.
6:23 a.m. London cancels its New Years festivities.
Labor Mayor Sadiq Khan announces the cancellation of the festivities planned in the British capital for the New Year, in the face of the drastic increase in cases of the highly contagious variant Omicron. "We will no longer be having this 6,500-person celebration planned for Trafalgar Square on New Years Eve," he announced. "It will be very disappointing for many Londoners, but we have to take the right steps to reduce the spread of the virus."
6:20 a.m.
Omicron now dominant in the United States.
The Omicron variant has become a large majority in the United States, accounting for 73.2% of new Covid infections during the week ending December 18, according to data from US health authorities.
The highly transmissible variant accounts for up to 96.3% of new cases in three states in the northwestern United States (Oregon, Washington and Idaho).
6:10 am.
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