The essential
The freedom convoys resulted in a very small increase in the number of participants in the protests against the vaccine pass.
Saturday they were, according to the Ministry of the Interior, 32,000 in France, including 7,600 in Paris.
In France, the number of tests has been halved compared to the beginning of January.
With 786,000 screenings on average from February 3 to 9, the level is that of the peak reached in the summer of 2021.
The latest assessment in 24 hours shows 161 deaths against 269 the day before.
31,522 patients hospitalized and positive for Covid-19, against 31,939 the day before and 32,867 a week earlier.
3324 are in critical care, against 3371 the day before and 3606 a week earlier.
118,611 people tested positive compared to 214,542 a week before.
Worldwide, the pandemic has killed at least 5.8 million people.
More than 10 billion doses of vaccines have been injected.
> The events of the day:
8:30 a.m.
The results of the demonstrations in Paris.
The Paris police headquarters updates its assessment of the demonstrations that took place yesterday in the capital.
It reports 97 arrests and 513 verbalizations.
8:15 a.m.
Intervention of the police in Paris, in the night.
The Paris police headquarters announces that they have intervened overnight to put an end to a prohibited demonstration.
“The police intervened in the Champs-Élysées and Bois de Boulogne sector to verbalize and disperse the participants in a prohibited demonstration,” she said.
8 hours.
Demonstration against the compulsory vaccine despite a cyclone.
New Zealand demonstrators continue in front of Parliament, for the sixth day, their demonstration against health restrictions and the compulsory vaccine in certain professional sectors.
Their movement has not been interrupted despite the passage of cyclone Dovi, which has caused landslides, road blockages and the evacuation of houses.
Their determination has been reinforced since the intervention on Thursday of the police, which led to the arrest of 122 people.
7:45 a.m.
A Norwegian cross-country skier finally arrives in China.
Norwegian cross-country skier Simen Krüger, deprived of a possible skiathlon double at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games due to Covid-19, has finally arrived at the Zhangjiakou site in China.
Krüger is among the positive cases in the Norwegian cross-country group just before the Games and missed last Sunday the skiathlon of which he was the reigning Olympic champion.
7:30 a.m.
The last report.
Covid-19 has killed at least 5.8 million people.
The WHO (World Health Organization) estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than that officially established.
In absolute terms, the United States is the country with the most deaths (919,171), ahead of Brazil (638,048) and India (507,981).
7:15 a.m.
Bridge still blocked in Canada.
The Ambassador Bridge that connects the United States and Canada is still blocked by Canadian protesters.
A court decision ordered the departure of the protesters.
The police are blocking access to the area leading to the bridge.
Radio Canada specifies that the police are trying to gradually push back the demonstrators, who received reinforcements yesterday, and that an intersection has been reopened.
The authorities try to use force only as a last resort and to first convince the demonstrators to leave on their own.
7 hours.
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