The essential
The vaccine pass could be canceled before July, hopes Olivier Véran.
A third dose is no longer required after two injections and then an infection.
FFP2 masks are recommended for people at risk.
Pfizer is seeking authorization for its anti-Covid vaccine for children under 5 in the United States.
A change in health protocol is taking shape at school after the holidays.
Friday's events:
6:30 a.m.
The dispute continues in Canada, an intervention of the army ruled out.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rules out the possibility of sending the army to dislodge truckers who oppose sanitary measures and have occupied the federal capital Ottawa for several days.
Currently in solitary confinement because he tested positive last Monday, he again called on the demonstrators to leave the premises, an option rejected by the latter ready for a showdown with the government.
6:25 a.m. A vaccine booster for teenagers?
The European medicines regulator announces that it will soon decide on the application for approval of Pfizer-BioNTech's anti-Covid vaccine boosters for adolescents aged 16 and 17, before deciding next on 12-15 year olds. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) in October approved Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots for everyone aged 18 and over.
6:20 a.m.
A first messenger RNA vaccine in Africa.
A South African biotech company says it has made the first messenger RNA Covid vaccine on the African continent, using Moderna sequencing, and it will be ready for clinical trials in November.
Animal testing will begin next month “but human studies won’t start until around November 2022,” according to Afrigen company chief executive Petro Terblanche.
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