Emmanuel Macron's speech on the relaxation of restrictive measures in the face of Covid-19 is eagerly awaited, Friday April 30.
Meanwhile, India is sinking deeper into the crisis, and Joe Biden, in the United States, is congratulating himself on his vaccine policy.
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Covid-19: instructions for use of self-tests
Emmanuel Macron presents the prospects for deconfinement on Friday
French President Emmanuel Macron will present on Friday
"the prospects"
of "
gradual exit
" from the restrictive measures imposed against the Covid-19.
Prime Minister Jean Castex confirmed that traffic restrictions would be lifted on May 3 and that the curfew should end on June 2, as provided for in the draft law on the state of emergency examined by the Council of Ministers .
Read also: Deconfinement: Emmanuel Macron seeks the right tempo
Vaccines: EU confronted with smear campaigns orchestrated in Moscow and Beijing
Russia and China have engaged in campaigns of "
disparagement
" to undermine confidence in vaccines approved by the European Union to place their own vaccines, says a report released Wednesday by the unit to fight against misinformation European diplomacy.
Read also: Vaccines against Covid-19: latest info, calendar, appointments, side effects ...
Biden touts one of the 'greatest logistics successes' in American history
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the vaccination plan put in place in the United States against Covid-19 was "
one of the greatest logistical successes"
in the history of the country.
Read also: Did Joe Biden make a success of his first 100 days in the White House?
Over 200,000 dead in India
India's coronavirus death toll topped 200,000 on Wednesday, with more than 3,645 deaths reported in 24 hours for the first time, official data showed.
This is a sad national record.
Read also: Covid-19: Washington urgently sends aid to India
More than 50 million cases in Europe
More than 50 million people have been infected with Covid-19 in Europe since the appearance of the virus in China in December 2019 - including more than 1,382,000 in the last seven days -, according to a count made by AFP from reports provided by the authorities on Wednesday.
Read also: Covid-19: is the situation in France improving compared to other European countries?
La Scala in Milan finds its audience
La Scala, the prestigious theater in Milan, in northern Italy, announced on Wednesday a reopening to an audience limited to 500 people who will be able to attend three concerts in May.
Read also: The choirs of the Paris Opera forced to play masked
Scientists defend Brazilian refusal to import Russian vaccine
Scientists have supported the decision of the Brazilian authorities to block the importation of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V, due to the fact that the batches analyzed carried an active version of a common virus causing colds.
Read also: Brazil: the regulator opposes the import of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V
BioNTech "confident" in the face of the Indian variant
The boss of the BioNTech laboratory, Ugur Sahin, said he was "
confident
" in the effectiveness of his vaccine against the Indian variant which is causing concern.
Read also: The Indian variant detected in "at least 17 countries", according to the WHO
JO-2020: uncertainty about the presence of local audiences
The organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have postponed their decision on the presence or absence of local spectators to June, an additional symbol of the uncertainty that continues to accompany the preparation of the Olympics (July 23 - August 8) in the midst of a pandemic. .
Read also: Olympic Games - 70% of Japanese hostile to the Tokyo Olympics
NBA: $ 50,000 fine to Kevin Porter Jr after a deviation from the Covid protocol
The NBA on Wednesday fined a $ 50,000 (around € 41,000) player from the Houston Rockets, Kevin Porter Jr, for violating the League's Covid-19 protocol by going, according to several media, to a strip club -tease.
Read also: Basketball - Covid-19: 70% of players received the first dose of the vaccine
More than 3.13 million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 3,137,725 people around the world since December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources on Wednesday in the middle of the day.
The United States has the highest death toll (574,297) followed by Brazil (398,185), Mexico (215,547), India (201,187) and the United Kingdom (127,451).
Among the hardest hit countries, Hungary is the one that deplores the highest number of deaths in relation to its population.