The essential
Isolation, school, masks, teleworking ... The new measures to fight Covid-19, announced last week by Jean Castex, come into force on Monday.
All the details can be read here.
More than 19,000 Covid-19 patients are currently hospitalized, a threshold that had not been reached since May 25.
Sunday, 58,432 new cases and 91 new deaths were identified by Public Health France.
The deputies are examining the bill today transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass, before a passage in front of the Senate on Wednesday.
The law is due to come into force on January 15.
Prime Minister Jean Castex will meet this Monday afternoon ten of his ministers "to take stock of the impact of the Omicron variant and the continuity of essential public services".
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7:10.
It's today.
The gauges for concerts, stadiums and conferences of 2000 indoors, 5000 outdoors, apply from this Monday.
7 hours.
Three tests for children in the event of contamination in the classroom.
Jean-Michel Blanquer, the Minister of National Education, unveils the outlines of the protocol which applies from this Monday at school. Main decision: the multiplication of tests for students in contact cases, rather than the systematic closing of classes. "As soon as a positive case appears in a class, all students must do an antigen test or PCR, before returning on presentation of a negative result," explains Jean-Michel Blanquer. What changes is that from now on, when the family takes the first test, they will receive two free self-tests in the pharmacy, so that the students can test themselves again at home on D + 2 and D + 4. Parents will have to certify in writing that the tests have been carried out and that they are negative ”.
6:50 a.m.
Compulsory teleworking and beware of fines.
From this Monday, and until January 24, teleworking is required at least three days a week.
Recalcitrant bosses incur a fine of up to 1,000 euros per employee and up to 50,000 per company, warned Élisabeth Borne.
6:40 am.
The 4th dose in Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Sunday that all Israelis over the age of 60 and medical staff will be able to benefit from a fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, amid the outbreak of contaminations linked to the highly contagious Omicron variant.
6:35 am.
The vaccine pass in front of the Assembly.
The deputies are examining this Monday on the bill transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass, which will then be examined from this Wednesday in the Senate.
Its adoption is not in doubt despite a tense climate and the hostility of LFI and the RN.
6.30 a.m.
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