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There are 355 deaths in 24 hours in France and 3,600 critical care patients in hospitals.
The epidemic is decreasing on almost all continents.
In Austria, the law on compulsory vaccination comes into force this Saturday.
The BA.2 subvariant is progressing in many European countries.
In Canada, protests against health measures continue.
Spain is preparing to abandon the outdoor mask.
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7:35 a.m.
The test is no longer compulsory for European vaccinees in Greece.
From Monday, Greece will no longer require coronavirus screening tests for holders of a European vaccination certificate wishing to enter its territory, announced the Ministry of Health.
7:15 a.m.
The United States exceeds 900,000 dead.
The United States has exceeded 900,000 deaths from Covid-19 since the start of the epidemic, according to the report of Johns Hopkins University.
The country had exceeded the threshold of 800,000 deaths in mid-December, only a month and a half ago.
Cases linked to the Omicron variant are now on the decline, but the number of daily deaths continues to grow, averaging 2,400 deaths per day currently, according to data from health authorities.
7:10 a.m.
New day of anti-sanitary measures demonstration in Canada.
Opponents of health measures in Canada, some of whom have occupied the city center of the federal capital for a week, have again planned to demonstrate on Saturday in several cities to demand the lifting of restrictions.
This protest, part of a movement of truckers in the west of the country, has turned into an occupation of Ottawa: for eight days, the streets in front of Parliament and under the offices of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been occupied by dozens trucks and demonstrators.
7:05 a.m.
Explosion of contamination in French Polynesia.
The number of people who tested positive has quadrupled in one week in Polynesia, according to figures from the local Health Department.
It listed 579 active cases on January 28, compared to 2,080 on February 4.
The incidence rate now stands at 753 per 100,000 population, down from 317 per 100,000 the previous week.
This sudden increase in the number of contaminations has not, for the moment, had an impact on the number of people admitted to the Hospital Center of French Polynesia.
The vaccination pass will be extended from February 8.
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