President Emmanuel Macron is to announce Tuesday, November 24, thanks to a drop in contamination in France, a gradual reduction in the restrictions imposed to fight against Covid-19, a strategy of small steps adopted by other European countries western.
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In North America, on the contrary, the pandemic remains expanding: contaminations are progressing exponentially in the United States, and the situation is considered "
extremely serious
" by the authorities of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Meanwhile, announcements about the development of new vaccines are increasing, and the first vaccinations are expected in a few weeks, first in the United States and then in Europe.
Emmanuel Macron will address the Nation this evening
Emmanuel Macron must once again address the nation to loosen the grip of containment a little and set the course for the health crisis, while the French are hoping for a breath of fresh air as the Christmas holidays and the New Year.
Emmanuel Macron gathers in the morning a "
defense council
" to finalize the decisions that he will announce on television in the evening.
We already know that the reduction of the constraints will be done in three phases: around December 1, then before the Christmas holidays and finally in early 2021.
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Vaccines soon authorized in Europe?
The European Medicines Agency has indicated that it could approve the first vaccines against Covid-19 by the end of the year or early 2021. The final green light, given by the European Commission, allows laboratories to market their medicine throughout the European Union.
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Vaccinated before taking the plane?
Australian airline Qantas will make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for all passengers on its international flights, its boss said, ensuring the requirement was likely to become "
common
" in the industry.
The requirement to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to travel on Qantas will come into effect as soon as a vaccine becomes available to the public, company CEO Alan Joyce said on Monday.
A Christmas in privacy?
A Christmas in a small committee, without large family reunion, is undoubtedly "the best option" in these times of pandemic for the majority of countries, estimated Monday the World Health Organization (WHO).
The American scientist Maria Van Kerkhove, in charge of the management of the pandemic at the WHO, undoubtedly had not only Christmas in mind but also Thanksgiving, the family holiday par excellence in the United States, which will be celebrated on Thursday.
For her, a joint celebration by videoconference could be the solution.
Nearly 1.4 million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 1,388,590 worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the onset of the disease at the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources Monday at 11:00 GMT.
The United States is the most bereaved country with 257,616 deaths, followed by Brazil (169,485), India (133,738 dead), Mexico (101,676 dead) and the United Kingdom (55,024 dead).
Italy crossed the 50,000 dead mark on Monday.
Tracking down the origin of the virus in China
The World Health Organization hopes that the international scientific team it has assembled to find the origins of the virus will be able to go “
soon
” on the ground in China, where the pandemic started.
Quarantine reduced on entry into England
Travelers entering England and subject to a fortnight will be able from mid-December to shorten this isolation in the event of negative screening for the new coronavirus five days after their arrival, the British government announced on Tuesday.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday the return in early December, after four weeks of re-containment, to a strong local strategy against the new coronavirus, accompanied by a massive and rapid screening program for populations in areas classified as "
very
risky".
high
”.