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In France, yesterday, 96 people died of a complication from Covid-19, bringing the total of deaths to at least 122,596. 27,697 new contaminations have been detected in the last 24 hours in the country.
The President of the Republic brings together the Health Defense Council then the Council of Ministers, in particular to study the transformation of the health pass to a vaccination pass.
It is also a question of reducing the duration of isolation of contact cases under certain conditions, to avoid the crippling explosion of sick leaves.
In Belgium, 5,000 to 10,000 people demonstrated yesterday in Brussels to denounce the closure of cinemas and theaters while the epidemic wave calms down and these places of culture claim to respect health protocols.
60 cruise ships would house clusters, despite an on-board vaccination close to 100%.
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6.30 a.m.
Peru is already planning a 4th dose.
The Andean country, the country most affected by the pandemic in terms of its population, will buy 55 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19 in 2022 to give a fourth injection to medical staff and vulnerable populations, the government said.
The Minister of Health, Hernando Cevallos, also confirmed the acquisition of Pfizer vaccines and the start in January of vaccination of children aged 5 to 11.
6:20 a.m.
Words of non-partygoers.
No decision has been announced but already, people give up celebrating New Year's Day with great pomp.
Their testimonials.
6:10 am.
Lack of testing in the United States.
In some towns, the distribution had to be secured by the police, to avoid crowd movements.
500 million self-test kits have been ordered by Washington, which will be distributed free of charge to anyone requesting them from January.
The shortage will soon be resolved, yesterday assured Dr Anthony Fauci, senior advisor to the White House in the fight against the pandemic.
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