Record of deaths in the Russian capital, implementation of restrictions in Australia in the face of the Delta variant, Italy lifts the obligation to wear a mask outdoors
... Le Figaro
takes stock this Monday, June 28 on the latest related information to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Record of deaths in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Russian authorities on Monday announced daily death records linked to Covid-19 in the cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, a sign that the situation is deteriorating in Russia, hit hard by the Delta variant.
According to official data, Moscow has recorded 124 dead and St. Petersburg 110 dead in the past 24 hours, surpassing the records the two cities had already broken over the weekend.
The quarter-final of the Euro football scheduled for Friday in St. Petersburg will however take place in the former Russian imperial city, organizers said on Monday.
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The question of non-reimbursement of Covid tests "will arise around the start of the school year" in France
The question of stopping the reimbursement of screening tests against Covid-19
"will arise around the start of the school year"
in the government, its spokesperson Gabriel Attal said on Monday.
"Around the start of the school year, it is a question that will arise, I am not making an announcement here, of course, but the question may arise,"
he said at the microphone of Franceinfo.
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On June 23, the National Academy of Medicine had recommended to
"suspend the reimbursement of tests (...) performed for personal convenience (obtaining a health pass, international travel, participation in collective events) in unvaccinated people "
,
" In order to rapidly raise the national level of immunization coverage during the summer ".
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The question of non-reimbursement of Covid tests" will arise around the start of the school year "
Australia facing the Delta variant
New cases of contamination with the highly contagious Delta variant were recorded Monday in various cities in Australia, forcing the authorities to impose restrictions in certain regions of the huge island continent.
The largest epidemic focus is in Sydney (South East), whose millions of inhabitants entered a two-week confinement on Sunday.
In the North, the confinement of the city of Darwin and its periphery is now extended until Friday while the restrictive measures have again been reinforced in Perth (South-West) and Brisbane (East).
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Italy drops the mask
Wearing a mask in Italy is no longer compulsory outside and the curfew was lifted on Monday in Valle d'Aosta, the last region of the peninsula where it was still in force.
Italians must nevertheless have a mask on them and wear it in places where the distance of one meter between people cannot be respected.
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AstraZeneca vaccine: a long interval improves efficacy
An interval of several months between the first and the second dose of AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine against Covid-19 improves the immunity provided, indicates a study published on Monday by the University of Oxford, which sees it as a
"reassuring"
element
for countries with supply problems.
The researchers showed that far from affecting the effectiveness of the vaccine, an interval of up to 45 weeks between the two doses improved the immune response to the virus.
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Balearic Islands: test required for the British
Spain will again require a negative PCR test for British tourists traveling to the Balearic Islands, due to the increase in contamination in the United Kingdom, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Monday.
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Containment in Bangladesh
Bangladesh closed almost all of its public transport on Monday before strict containment of residents from Thursday, intended to contain the progression of Covid-19, forcing thousands of employees in Dhaka to walk to work.
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More than 3.92 million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 3,925,816 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources Monday at 10:00 GMT.
The United States is the most affected country in terms of both death toll, 603,967, and cases.
Brazil, which has 513,474 dead, is followed by India (396,730), Mexico (232,564) and Peru (191,899), the country which deplores the most deaths in relation to its population.
These figures, which are based on daily reports from national health authorities, are generally underestimated.
The World Health Organization estimates that the toll from the pandemic could be two to three times higher than officially calculated.
