The essential
It's a new Christmas under Covid with Omicron, which scares the contamination figures:
more
94,124 new cases were identified on Friday in France, unheard of since the start of the health crisis.
The French are keen to spend this December 25 with peace of mind: 1.55 million tests were carried out during the day of Thursday… which saturated the results platform.
More than 16,100 patients are hospitalized in France
due to Covid-19, including 3,254 patients treated in critical care.
169 new deaths linked to Covid-19 were also recorded on Friday.
A Defense Council will be held on Monday in addition to an exceptional Council of Ministers dedicated to the vaccine pass.
How long does the protection of the vaccine booster last?
A first British study provides some answers.
Follow the events of the day live:
7:40 am.
Across the Channel too, Omicron explodes the statistics.
The United Kingdom recorded more than 122,000 additional Covid-19 cases yesterday, a new record since the start of the pandemic.
7:30 am. Over 6,800 canceled flights.
Not only has air traffic not recovered to its pre-pandemic level, but commercial airlines around the world canceled more than 4,500 flights over the Christmas weekend, due to the current uncertainty over Covid. To the 2,231 flights canceled Thursday, 2,401 flights canceled yesterday are already added to 1,779 planes grounded this Saturday and 402 that will remain so tomorrow, according to the flight tracking site FlightAware.com. Almost 10,000 other flights were delayed. United Airlines and Delta Air Lines cite the lack of personnel to fly their planes.
7.20 a.m.
Omicron expands to the USA.
New York reported more than 44,000 new infections yesterday alone, breaking the state's daily record.
At least 10 other U.S. states set new single-day case records Thursday or yesterday.
7:10.
No cabaret for the 31st in Belgium.
It is tomorrow that the closure of cinemas and theaters to fight against Covid-19 enters into force in the Belgian kingdom.
7 hours.
Hello and welcome to this live.
We follow the news of the Covid, in France and elsewhere, throughout this Christmas day.