United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Belgium ... Many European countries are easing health restrictions in the face of the coronavirus epidemic.
Europe has also not renewed its vaccine order with AstraZeneca.
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Opening of vaccination for over 50s in France
All French people aged 50 and over can now be vaccinated unconditionally, five days earlier than originally planned.
From Wednesday, injections will also be accessible to people over 18 when a time slot will be available the day before for the next day on appointment booking platforms such as Doctolib, so as not to waste any dose.
The way out of the crisis examined in the Assembly
Loosen the corset of the state of health emergency without lowering our guard against the Covid.
The deputies examine Monday the plan to end the crisis providing for the gradual lifting of restrictions, but new measures such as the "health pass" are cringe.
Last step before the end of the tunnel?
The text sets to music the measures and the deconfinement schedule announced by the Head of State at the end of April but it
"is not a tipping point"
, warns the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.
Lifting restrictions in sight in UK
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will confirm on Monday the easing of restrictions linked to the pandemic caused by the coronavirus, based on the improvement in the health situation, his services announced on Sunday.
The conservative leader will make public the third stage of his deconfinement roadmap.
This new step will take effect on May 17, when certain restrictions on foreign travel are also eased.
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Easing in Spain
A wind of freedom rose on Sunday with the end of the state of health emergency in Spain, where residents were finally able to leave their region or gather in the street in the evening.
In several cities of the country, shouts, applause and music marked, at midnight the end of this exceptional regime imposed since October and the lifting in most regions of the curfew.
Images of gatherings without social distancing that sparked controversy.
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Germany: new life for the vaccinated
The more than 7 million people vaccinated in Germany will benefit from the relaxation of strict health rules as of Sunday, with for example the possibility of going to the hairdresser without providing a negative test or of meeting together.
These new measures, which come into force after express adoption by parliament, also affect people considered cured after being infected with the virus.
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AstraZeneca: the EU has not renewed its order
The European Union has not yet renewed its contract for the supply of vaccines against Covid-19 with AstraZeneca for after the month of June, said European Commissioner Thierry Breton on Sunday, the day after the announcement of the signing of a new EU contract with Pfizer.
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Festivals this summer in Belgium?
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo considers it "possible" to organize again
"a few big festivals" in "the second half of the summer"
, like the electronic music meeting Tomorrowland, said his cabinet.
United States: Undervalued Mortality Without "Doubt"
The Covid-19, which has officially killed 581,000 since early 2020 in the United States, has
"no doubt"
killed many more people in the country most bereaved in the world by the pandemic, estimated Sunday the medical adviser of the White House, Anthony Fauci.
Tunisia: confinement for the end of Ramadan
A new week-long lockdown, encompassing the Muslim holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan, began in Tunisia on Sunday, as hospitals struggle to deal with the increase in coronavirus cases.
First death in Laos
A Vietnamese woman died Sunday in Laos from Covid-19, the first death from the disease recorded in this poor and landlocked communist country, official media announced.
Nearly 3.3 million dead
The new coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 3,284,783 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources. After the United States (581,751 deaths), the countries most affected are Brazil (422,340 deaths), India (242,362 deaths), Mexico (218,928 deaths) and the United Kingdom (127,603 deaths).
