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His little sentence on the unvaccinated that he says he wants to "piss off" continues to create a stir this Wednesday.
The deputies noted Tuesday evening the vaccination pass at 16 years old instead of 12.
SNCF TERs have been abolished everywhere in France.
297 new deaths, nearly 271,700 contaminations in 24 hours.
64 children are hospitalized in intensive care in France, according to Olivier Véran.
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7 hours. The city of Zhengzhou in China tracks 13 million inhabitants, the focus in Xi'an "under control".
The Chinese city of Zhengzhou (center) has started screening its 13 million inhabitants after a few cases of Covid, the confined metropolis of Xi'an announcing for its part the "control" of a recent source of infection. Still, the number of new patients has reached in recent weeks levels not seen since March 2020, oscillating between a hundred and more than 200. But an ebb seems to have started, the Ministry of Health has announced only 91 new cases.
6:45 am.
“We don't talk about the French like that”, for Christiane Taubira.
"The essential nature of vaccination to face the pandemic does not allow to insult the French, to pit them against each other and to designate scapegoats," said Christiane Taubira on France Info, the possible candidate for the presidential election.
6:40 am.
A new health defense council.
This new health council, which is being held this Wednesday morning, should be essentially devoted to the development and examination of previous announcements.
6.30 a.m. Djokovic gets a waiver for the Australian Open.
First victory for Novak Djokovic: the world No. 1, who has never communicated on his vaccination status, announced that he had obtained a "medical exemption" which will allow him to seek a record 21st Grand Slam title at the Open d ' Australia (January 17-30) in Melbourne. The Australian Federation (TA), host of the tournament, said in a statement that Djokovic had "requested a medical waiver which was granted to him after a rigorous examination (of his request) involving two different and independent groups of medical experts".
6:15 a.m. Peru facing a third wave.
"During the month of December, cases of coronavirus doubled in Lima and increased by more than 50% nationally," said Minister of Health Hernando Cevallos. The government will strengthen the alert level in hospitals and points to make a Covid diagnosis will be put in place. The minister announced that he will propose to the Council of Ministers to adopt new restrictions on Wednesday, including a reduction in the number of people who can gather.
6:10 am. The boss of the Pointe-à-Pitre hospital in Guadeloupe exfiltrated by the police.
The director of the CHU de Guadeloupe and his two assistants had to be exfiltrated by the police from their offices besieged by militants against the obligation of vaccination of caregivers. The administrative building of the CHU de Guadeloupe, the scene of tensions around the issue of the compulsory vaccination of caregivers, was besieged and the management “sequestered” in its offices before being finally “exfiltrated” by the police, explained the Director General of the CHU, Gérard Cotellon. "I was extracted with a punch in the ribs and a huge blow to the head, I was unconscious for 10 seconds I think," he added.
6:05 am.
The debates in the National Assembly on the vaccine pass suspended after the words of Emmanuel Macron.
After a first surprise suspension on the night of Monday to Tuesday, the examination of the bill strengthening the tools for managing the health crisis was again stopped this night after our interview with the president.
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