Drop in new cases, the vaccine pass adopted, “
compulsory
” vaccination from February in Austria…
Le Figaro
takes stock this Saturday January 15 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Decrease in new cases in France, stable situation in intensive care
The situation remained stable on Sunday in the critical care services which receive Covid patients, while the number of new cases detected decreased over a week, according to official figures released on Sunday evening.
These services have 3,852 seriously ill with Covid, like the day before, against 3,895 on Friday and 3,939 on Thursday.
On the other hand, the total number of hospitalized patients continues to rise (24,887, against 24,544 on Saturday).
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Conversely, the number of new cases of contamination identified decreased over the week, with 278,129, against 296,097 the previous Sunday.
On average, over the last seven days, there have been 294,452 daily cases against 313,252 the previous Sunday.
This calculation helps to smooth out the deviations observed from one day to the next, often artificially created by data collection problems.
The National Assembly adopts the bill establishing the vaccination pass
The French Parliament has definitively adopted, by a last vote of the deputies, a bill establishing the vaccination pass, which the government wants to implement as quickly as possible in the face of the resurgence of the epidemic.
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The text was adopted by 215 votes to 58, with 7 abstentions.
Socialist parliamentarians have planned to seize the Constitutional Council to guarantee respect for “
fundamental freedoms
”, which will postpone the promulgation of the bill for a few days.
“ Mandatory
” vaccination
from February in Austria
Austria will make vaccination against the coronavirus compulsory for adults in early February, under penalty of a heavy fine, said Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, aware of the “
sensitive
” nature of this first in Europe which divides society.
“
Checks will be carried out
” and not being vaccinated will constitute an “
offence
” liable to financial “
penalties
” varying between 600 and 3,600 euros, in the event of a repeat offence.
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The State has instituted de facto compulsory vaccination, it must bear the consequences!
»
The vaccination pass is required in an increasing number of countries for certain professions, categories of population or the practice of activities, but the anti-Covid vaccination compulsory for all remains an exception.
Djokovic deprived of the Australian Open
After a long soap opera with twists and turns, Novak Djokovic, not vaccinated against Covid-19, left Australia following the rejection by the courts of the appeal he had brought against his expulsion, ordered by the Australian government.
“
I am extremely disappointed
,” reacted the world number 1 in tennis, who had contracted Covid 19 in December and hoped to benefit from an exemption to play in the Australian Open which begins on Monday.
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"
He had been blocked on his arrival in Melbourne on January 5 and placed in administrative detention.
But a judge had ordered his release.
The Minister of Immigration then counter-attacked by canceling his visa on January 14.
Justice finally agreed with the Australian authorities.
Three-week-old baby dies of Covid-19 in Qatar
A three-week-old infant died in Qatar from the consequences of a "
serious infection
" due to Covid-19, a rare case announced on Sunday by this Gulf country.
Mortality due to the coronavirus is very limited among children, but health authorities in several countries have recorded more cases of infection among them since the spread of the Omicron variant.
AFP will file a complaint after the attack on its journalists
Agence France-Presse will file a complaint for "
deliberate violence in meetings
", "
death threats
" and "
obstructing freedom of expression
" after the attack on one of its teams during an anti-pass rally vaccine in Paris, announced its CEO.
AFP "
is determined to defend the exercise of the profession of journalist in the field and will file a complaint on Monday
", declared Fabrice Fries.
More than 5.53 million dead
The Covid-19 pandemic has killed at least 5,533,105 people worldwide since the end of December 2019, according to a report compiled by AFP from official sources on Sunday.
In absolute terms, the countries that have recorded the most deaths since January 2020 are the United States (850,163 deaths), Brazil (620,971), India (486,066) and Russia (321,320 deaths).
The 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 recorded.