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The number of patients hospitalized with Covid-19 has fallen below 30,000.
The latest assessment in 24 hours in France reports 273 deaths.
2,970 people are in critical care, compared to 3,055 the day before and 3,371 a week earlier.
New day of mobilizations against the vaccine pass in several cities in France.
In Strasbourg, members of the so-called “freedom” convoys could join the procession.
Worldwide, the pandemic has killed more than 5.8 million officially.
More than 10.3 billion doses of vaccine have been injected.
7:45 a.m.
New day of mobilization.
The anti-passes are called to demonstrate in several cities in France this Saturday.
An “international” demonstration is planned for this Saturday in Strasbourg.
Members of the "freedom convoys" could converge on the Alsatian capital.
7:36.
Official end of outdoor masks at school.
A decree lifts this measure on the return from school holidays, i.e. from Monday for zone B. If the evolution of the epidemic allows it, other reductions in schools will follow.
Until blowing up the mask indoors, probably in mid-March, according to Olivier Véran.
7:28.
The decline continues.
With 29,194 positive coronavirus patients in French hospitals, 2,970 people in critical care and 92,345 cases of Covid-19 at the last national report, the epidemic is declining.
The incidence rate drops by 40% per week, for a week.
It has now been a week in a row that the incidence rate has decreased by at least 40% per week.
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— Nicolas Berrod (@nicolasberrod) February 18, 2022
7:23 a.m.
In Hong Kong, storm after calm.
The region recorded more than 20,200 infections in less than two months, compared to 12,000 in the first two years of the pandemic, for a population of 7.5 million.
The Omicron effect, which arrived late, at the end of December.
7:17 a.m.
Who danced during the British confinements?
Boris Johnson has answered a questionnaire from London police about possible gatherings in Downing Street in contravention of the country's restrictions.
7:00 a.m.
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