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The bill on the vaccine pass was adopted for final reading in the National Assembly on Sunday.
The Insoumis and Socialist groups have announced their desire to seize the Constitutional Council.
102,144 positive cases (corresponding in the vast majority to tests carried out on Sunday) were identified in 24 hours on Monday, against 93,896 the previous week.
298 new deaths are to be deplored.
The Netherlands, Norway, Canada, several countries are relaxing their restrictions on Omicron, while others, such as Iceland, are tightening them.
"The worst-case scenario is moving away," said epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet, adding that "the decline has begun".
Follow the events of this January 18:
6:25 a.m.
Canada authorizes Pfizer's anti-Covid pill.
The Canadian Ministry of Health announces that it authorizes the use of Pfizer's viral treatment, marketed under the name of paxlovid.
This antiviral drug can be administered to “adults with a mild or moderate form of Covid-19 at high risk of progression to serious illness, including a risk of hospitalization or death”, according to a press release.
6:20 a.m.
CO2 sensors in schools in Besançon.
The city of Doubs announces that it has equipped its public primary schools with mobile CO2 sensors, to adapt the duration of ventilation of the classes according to the level of CO2 measured in the air, in order to fight against the virus.
The municipality "has distributed one sensor per school to each of the 64 public schools in the primary cycle (nursery and elementary schools)", said in a press release the EELV mayor of Besançon, Anne Vignot.
6:15 a.m.
Jean-Michel Blanquer in turmoil.
According to Mediapart, the Minister of National Education was in Ibiza when he unveiled the health protocol at school, on the eve of the start of the school year.
What arouse indignation in the opposition, which demanded his resignation.
6:10 a.m.
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