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The number of contaminations continues to soar with 436,167 positive cases recorded in France, against 361,719 last Wednesday.
The average over the past week is 320,000 cases per day.
On the other hand, the situation is easing for the critical care services, which house the most serious cases.
They currently host 3,852 people, a figure that has been declining for several days.
A lifting of restrictions?
Not yet.
A Health Defense Council meeting Thursday morning at the Élysée must "give visibility" as to the restrictions linked to the health crisis.
Teachers take to the streets this Thursday to protest against the management of the health crisis in education, with an afternoon demonstration in Paris which “will not be prevented” by the police headquarters despite the late filing of the statement.
The events of Wednesday January 20
6:20 a.m.
The TousAntiCovid app has been downloaded on 51.4 million phones and tablets.
According to a report from the Ministry of Health and the State Secretariat for Digital, which we are revealing, 38 million users connected at least once in January.
Mainly to present their sanitary pass.
6:15 a.m.
In Guadeloupe, the White plan reactivated against the background of the conflict against the vaccination obligation.
“We have entered a complicated and difficult hospital phase”, warned during a press conference Valérie Denux, the director general of the Regional Health Agency (ARS), announcing that the hospital must open beds additional resuscitation.
The dispute over compulsory vaccination continues to rock the hospital.
This Wednesday, the CHU announced in a press release that "sabotage operations on electrical installations" at the Logistics Center and at the PMA center, observed during the week, have been the subject of a complaint.
6:10 a.m.
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