While Emmanuel Macron tries to establish a timetable for deconfinement, India is still in the grip of a serious deterioration of the health situation.
The delays in the delivery of AstraZeneca in Europe will be judged by justice, while the Brazilian regulator has not accepted as it is, to receive that of the Russians, the Sputnik V.
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Macron outlines the deconfinement schedule
After the reopening of primary and nursery schools, that of restaurants.
Emmanuel Macron clarified Monday April 26, the day of the start of the school year, the contours of deconfinement with a possible relaxation of the curfew and a reopening "in stages" of restaurants.
Read also: Covid-19: Macron outlines the exit from the restrictions
Arrival of international aid in India
The first shipments of British medical aid arrived Tuesday morning in India in the health situation "
more than heartbreaking
" according to the WHO, due to an epidemic wave which multiplies records of infections and deaths.
France will send eight oxygen production units as well as oxygen containers and respirators to India announced Monday evening the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The United States has committed to emergency aid including components for the production of vaccines, protective equipment, rapid diagnostic tests, and respirators.
Washington is also studying the possibility of sending in oxygen supplies.
Read also: India sinks under the second wave of Covid-19
Brazil: regulator opposes importation of Russian vaccine Sputnik V
Brazil's health regulatory agency (Anvisa) on Monday opposed the request of several states in the country to import the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19, believing it to lack data to ensure its safety and of its effectiveness.
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We will never allow millions of Brazilians to be exposed to products without proper verification of quality, safety and efficacy or, at a minimum, in the face of the serious situation we are going through, that there is a favorable relationship between risk and benefits,
”said Antonio Barra Torres, President of Anvisa.
Read also: Brazil: the regulator opposes the import of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V
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the United States unblocked 60 million doses of vaccine AstraZeneca
The United States will provide other countries with 60 million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine against the Covid-19, announced Monday the White House, until then criticized for refusing to export this vaccine not yet authorized in the country.
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EU sues AstraZeneca for late deliveries
The EU announced that it had sued the AstraZeneca laboratory for not having kept its commitments on deliveries of its anti-Covid vaccine, a procedure that the Swedish-British group immediately deemed "
unfounded
".
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The terms of the contract (signed by Brussels on behalf of the Member States) were not respected and the company was not in a position to implement a reliable strategy to ensure on-time deliveries
», Said a spokesperson for the European Commission.
AstraZeneca delivered in the first quarter to EU countries only 30 million doses of the 120 million contractually promised.
In the second quarter, it intends to provide only 70 million of the 180 million initially planned.
Sanofi to produce Moderna vaccine doses
The French laboratory Sanofi will produce in the United States up to 200 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from the American biotech Moderna, "
to meet global demand"
.
Read also: Covid-19: Sanofi increases its efforts in vaccine production
Italy: recovery plan, partial reopening
The head of the Italian government Mario Draghi presented Monday to Parliament his stimulus plan of 222.1 billion euros which, according to him, puts at stake "the credibility" of the country, at a time when bars, restaurants, cinemas and theaters partially reopened.
Read also: Recovery plan: Italy is playing its "destiny" and its "credibility", believes Draghi
Restrictions in Thailand
Thailand put new restrictions in place on Monday in an attempt to curb an unprecedented epidemic wave.
The country has 57,500 cases against only 29,000 at the beginning of April.
Wearing a mask is now compulsory in public places in Bangkok where authorities have closed cinemas, swimming pools and sports halls, after last week ordering the closure of schools, bars and nightclubs and banning restaurants from serving food. 'alcohol.
Read also: Thailand: end of quarantine in Phuket for vaccinated tourists
More than three million deaths in total
The Covid-19 pandemic has killed at least 3,109,991 people around the world, according to a report established by AFP from official sources on Monday.
The United States is the country with the highest death toll with 572,625 deaths, followed by Brazil (391,936), Mexico (214,947), India (195,123) and the United Kingdom (127,428).