New restrictive measures in Corsica, France passes the 40 million first-vaccines mark, record cases in Iran ...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Monday, July 26 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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40 million first-time vaccines in France
France passed the 40 million mark on Monday who had received at least one dose of anti-Covid vaccine, President Emmanuel Macron announced in a tweet.
This corresponds to almost 60% of the population and about 75% of the adult population.
More than 33 million of them are fully vaccinated, almost half of the total population.
Also in France, the Constitutional Council will render its decision on August 5 on the law providing for the controversial extension of the health pass and the vaccination obligation for caregivers, adopted definitively on Sunday evening by Parliament.
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New restrictive measures in Haute-Corse
New measures to fight against the resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic in Haute-Corse, frequented by thousands of tourists.
A ban on gathering more than ten people on beaches and natural areas after 9 p.m. will be effective from Tuesday in Haute-Corse where the incidence rate of Covid-19 is 699 per 100,000 inhabitants, or more than
"four times the national rate ”
(166), explained the prefect of Haute-Corse, François Ravier during a press conference.
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"The health situation is deteriorating day by day"
with
"a worrying growth in the number of cases"
especially of people aged 65 and over, which
raises
fears
"that the pressure on the hospital system is rising very quickly"
, a- he stressed.
Haute-Corse has been the second most affected department in France for two weeks.
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Record cases in Iran
The daily number of Covid-19 contaminations crossed for the first time the threshold of 30,000 cases in Iran, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday, less than a week after the last daily record recorded by the country.
In the past 24 hours, Iran has recorded 31,814 new cases of contagion, with the total number of cases exceeding 3.7 million.
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Spectacular explosion of Covid-19 cases in Mauritius
Over the past week, the cases of Covid-19 have experienced a spectacular and unprecedented explosion in Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean relatively spared by the pandemic. The island recorded 1,067 new cases last week, or about a third of the 3,528 identified since the virus was first detected on site in March 2020, according to official figures.
According to the National Communication Committee (NCC), in charge of monitoring the epidemic, the contaminations mainly took place in schools, businesses or even the dormitories of immigrant workers.
Asked Monday by AFP on the reasons for this surge, the spokesperson of the NCC, Zouberr Joomaye, underlined in particular that
"the cases are more and more asymptomatic, which caused a relaxation of the barrier gestures".
As many as 99% of cases are asymptomatic, he said.
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Olympic Games: cases in the Dutch delegation
Cases of Covid-19 were detected in the Dutch delegation to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, leading to the withdrawal of a pair of men's doubles in tennis and the isolation of the rowing team.
The Dutch decided to isolate themselves on their own initiative, despite the absence of any official contact case,
"in order to inspire confidence in other countries and in the volunteers,"
explained the Netherlands team director Hessel. Evertse.
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Ireland: return to the restaurant for the vaccinated
Restaurants, pubs and other bars in Ireland can since Monday again serve customers in theaters, provided they present a vaccination passport or are cured of the coronavirus within the last six months.
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Restrictions relaxed in Indonesia
Small stalls, street restaurants and a few shopping centers reopened in Indonesia on Monday.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, however, announced on Sunday evening that the partial confinement imposed in early July would continue until August 2 in an attempt to stem the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.
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No multi-day festivals in the Netherlands this summer
The Dutch government announced Monday the cancellation until September 1 of all events and festivals held over 24 hours to avoid further outbreaks of Covid-19 cases.
The 2021 editions of internationally known music festivals such as Lowlands, Mysteryland and Down the Rabbit Hole, scheduled for August, are therefore canceled.
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“Unfortunately, it is not reasonable to allow these events to continue,”
Prime Minister Mark Rutte said at a press conference in The Hague.
The government believes that testing visitors every 24 hours during a festival would be logistically too complicated to organize.
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The airline industry continues to suffer
Irish airline Ryanair and British Heathrow Airport have seen their losses worsen in recent months due to travel restrictions and uncertainties.
If Ryanair waits for a summer recovery and slightly raises its traffic forecasts, Heathrow warns that the number of passengers passing through its hub in 2021 could be lower than in 2020.
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More than 4.16 million dead
The pandemic has killed more than 4.16 million people worldwide since the end of December 2019, out of more than 194 million confirmed infections, according to a report established by AFP on Monday at 10:00 GMT.
The United States is the country with the most deaths (610,891), ahead of Brazil (549,924) and India (420,967).
The WHO estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than that which is officially established.