While France is in turn preparing to lift a number of health restrictions, the progression of the epidemic remains worrying elsewhere in the world, such as in Argentina or India.
Vaccination continues, and with it negotiations around a "
health pass
" in Europe in particular.
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Deconfinement: what will change this Wednesday for the French
1.5 billion doses of vaccine administered
More than a billion and a half doses of the anti-Covid vaccine have been administered worldwide, six months after the start of the first vaccination campaigns.
Almost 60% of that total was administered in three countries: China (421.9 million), the United States (274.4 million) and India (184.4 million).
But reported to the population, it is Israel which leads the dance with nearly six out of ten Israelis fully vaccinated.
Summit on African economies calls for the lifting of vaccine patents
African, European and other continents as well as international organizations present at the Summit on African Economies held Tuesday in Paris are asking for the patenting of anti-Covid vaccines to be lifted, in order to allow the production of vaccines in Africa, announced the French President Emmanuel Macron.
Read also: The international community gathered in Paris to strengthen the financing of Africa
Olympic Games: 4000 vaccines offered for athletes in the Americas
The Pan American Sports Organization, which brings together the forty-one national Olympic committees of the American continent, offered 4,000 vaccines against Covid-19 to athletes and officials from the Americas participating in the Tokyo-2021 Olympic Games, Panam Sports announced Thursday.
Canada invests in U.S. vaccine company
Canada will invest nearly 200 million Canadian dollars (136 million euros) in a project of an American company to manufacture in this country hundreds of millions of doses of vaccines against the Covid-19, announced on Tuesday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Negotiations on a European health pass
Negotiations on the European health certificate resume Tuesday evening between MEPs and representatives of the Member States, and time is running out to reconcile points of view on this pass, which must be operational before the end of June.
This is to facilitate free movement within the EU during the summer tourist season.
Read also: The European health pass still the subject of tough negotiations
Parisian airports worried
The boss of the manager of Paris airports, Augustin de Romanet, said he was worried Tuesday about a possible "
waiting time apocalypse
" when planes descent this summer, given the multiplication of checks due to the health situation.
Record of deaths and contaminations in 24 hours in Argentina
Argentina recorded its highest number of new cases of Covid-19 contamination (35,543) and deaths (745) on Tuesday in 24 hours since the start of the coronavirus epidemic, authorities said.
Covid-19 deaths in the United States at their lowest since March 2020
The daily death toll from Covid-19 in the United States is at its lowest since March 2020, when the epidemic spread across the country, US health authorities announced on Tuesday.
AstraZeneca abandoned in Austria
Austria will stop using AstraZeneca's vaccine, citing delivery problems and its bad reputation, in the wake of Norway and Denmark who had cited the rare but serious risks of complications.
Next deconfinement in Quebec
Terraces reopened, end of curfew, authorized festivals: the Prime Minister of Quebec, one of the Canadian provinces most affected by the coronavirus pandemic, announced on Tuesday the upcoming lifting of containment measures thanks in particular to the success of the campaign vaccination.
Read also: Quebec will deconfin itself before a "summer of freedom"
Vaccination compulsory to enter certain places in Saudi Arabia
Vaccination against Covid-19 will be mandatory in Saudi Arabia from August 1 to enter any public or private place as well as to use public transport, the Saudi government said on Tuesday.
Nearly 3.4 million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 3,391,849 people worldwide since the end of December 2019. After the United States (587,188 deaths), the countries with the highest number of deaths are Brazil (439,050), India (278,719) , Mexico (220,493), and the United Kingdom (127,684).