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In France, contaminations, symptomatic or not, with Covid-19, fell by 36% in one week.
An average of 256,330 new cases have been recorded each day.
Yesterday it was 214,542 positive cases.
172 deaths in 24 hours are to be deplored.
There were 32,867 hospitalized patients yesterday, including 3,606 patients in critical care units.
78.5% of the French population has a complete vaccination schedule.
80.2% received at least one injection.
Are we talking about the origins of the Covid again?
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to discuss Covid-19 and in particular the still stalled investigation into the origins of the pandemic.
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7:45 a.m.
Demonstration and counter-demonstration.
In Toronto, Canada, around 500 health care workers and supporters gathered downtown to oppose the convoy of truckers and their supporters, who are demanding the lifting of health restrictions.
7:40 a.m.
In Canada the demonstrations stretched into the night.
Joined by opponents of all kinds, unvaccinated truckers, who would only be 10 to 15% of this professional category, demonstrated to demand the lifting of restrictions in several major cities of the country, including Ottawa where they were more than 5,000 , Toronto and Quebec.
7:30 a.m.
In Ottawa, portable saunas.
The blockade of opponents is well organized, thanks in particular to funding from sympathizers in the United States.
Police yesterday saw protesters bring in portable saunas to combat freezing temperatures.
7:20 a.m.
3.4 billion masks thrown away every day.
Among other damage, the pandemic carries tons of waste.
We take stock in this article below.
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7:10 a.m.
Lata Mangeshkar passed away.
The 92-year-old Indian actress was one of Bollywood's biggest icons.
She had been hospitalized on January 11 for complications due to Covid.
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