114,000 people in the street against the health pass, France imposes tests of less than 24 hours for certain countries, Greece again imposes a curfew in Mykonos ...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Saturday, July 17 on the latest related information to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Demonstrations throughout France against vaccination and the health pass
Thousands of people gathered once again this Saturday 17th to protest against Emmanuel Macron's announcements on the extension of the health pass, which is to be adopted on Monday in the Council of Ministers.
Nearly 114,000 people demonstrated in France on Saturday and nearly nine people were arrested in Lyon, AFP learned from the Rhône prefecture.
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France imposes tests of less than 24 hours
France has announced that it is imposing Covid-19 tests of less than 24 hours from Sunday on entry into its territory from the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and the Netherlands.
The French government has also confirmed the expansion of the list of "red" countries to Tunisia, Mozambique, Cuba and Indonesia.
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Great pilgrimage in limited numbers to Mecca
Hundreds of Muslim worshipers have arrived at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, western Saudi Arabia, to take part in the great annual pilgrimage from Saturday, marked for the second year in a row by an ultra-limited quota of pilgrims due of the Covid.
Only 60,000 Saudis and foreigners resident in the kingdom and vaccinated were allowed to participate in the hajj.
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Greece: curfew in Mykonos
Greece on Saturday imposed a five-hour curfew and other restrictions on the tourist island of Mykonos, known for its festive nights, due to a "worrying" increase in contamination.
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British Health Minister positive
British Minister of Health Sajid Javid announced that he had tested positive for Covid-19, two days before the lifting of almost all restrictions in England, a deconfinement that worries due to the surge in cases linked to the Delta variant.
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Olympics: first case of Covid in the Olympic village
One week before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, the organizers announced a first case of Covid-19, identified in the Olympic village, but wanted to be reassuring about the effectiveness of the drastic measures used to curb any transmission of the virus. .
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Fifth confinement in Melbourne
The streets of Melbourne were deserted on Friday morning, hours after the start of a fifth lockdown in Australia's second-largest city, as the country struggles to contain a new outbreak.
Since Sydney has been subject to a similar measure since the end of June, a total of more than 12 million Australians must stay at home.
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US ships vaccines to Africa
The United States will ship 25 million doses of the vaccine to Africa, senior American and African officials told AFP on Friday.
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More than 4 million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 4,070,508 people around the world since December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources on Friday at 10 a.m. GMT.
The United States is the most bereaved country with 608,804 dead, followed by Brazil (540,398), India (412,531), Mexico (235,740) and Peru (194,845).
These figures, which are based on daily reports from national health authorities, are generally underestimated.
WHO estimates that the true number of deaths could be two to three times higher.