The Covid-19 is gaining ground in the Pacific: in Polynesia, confinement was tightened two weeks after the start of school in the archipelago, while the Palau Islands recorded their first cases.
165 new patients in intensive care
More than 800 people with Covid-19 have been hospitalized in the past 24 hours, including 165 in critical care, admissions which are concentrated in Martinique, Guadeloupe and Bouches-du-Rhône, according to Public Health figures France Saturday.
In total, 10,463 Covid-19 patients are currently hospitalized, against 10,515 the day before, including 2,106 in intensive care (against 2,091 on Friday).
France: sixth day of demonstration against the health pass
As the start of the school year approaches, opponents of the health pass and any vaccine obligation against Covid demonstrated on Saturday in France, many fiercely rejecting the vaccination of children and adolescents.
Violence broke out in Montpellier, according to France Bleu Hérault.
Last Saturday, the Interior Ministry had identified 214,845 demonstrators, down slightly from the previous week
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Australia: clashes in anti-confinement protests
More than 200 people were arrested on Saturday after violent clashes between protesters opposing the lockdown and police in Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, police said.
The state of New South Wales, where Sydney is located, recorded 825 new cases in 24 hours on Saturday, a record for the country, the day after the extension until the end of September of the confinement of the city, imposed in June .
A renewed epidemic in the state of Victoria, where Melbourne is located, has also caused an extension of containment throughout the state.
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Polynesia tightens its confinement
Schools, colleges and high schools will close "from Monday" in French Polynesia due to the outbreak of Covid-19, announced the president of the archipelago Édouard Fritch, as part of a tightening of containment planned for two weeks.
Polynesian students returned to school two weeks ago, but many schools and colleges have already closed after the virus spread among children or teachers.
In addition, the curfew, which ran from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., will be brought forward to start at 8 p.m. throughout the territory of French Polynesia.
First cases in Palau
The Palau archipelago in the Pacific has announced the first cases of coronavirus, losing its rare status as a Covid-19-free country.
Two travelers, who tested positive after arriving from the island of Guam, were placed in quarantine along with the contact persons.
Until Saturday, Palau was one of fourteen countries in the world to have recorded no cases of coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization.
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US donation of 1.2 million vaccines to Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire has received 1.2 million doses of Pfizer vaccine offered by the United States to fight Covid-19, while the country has experienced a significant increase in contamination in recent weeks, announced the Ivorian ministry of health.
The vaccine doses arrived in Abidjan on Friday evening via the Covax system, which aims to provide anti-Covid vaccines to 20% of the population of nearly 200 participating countries and territories.
More than 4.4 million deaths worldwide
The Covid-19 pandemic has killed at least 4,415,382 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources, Saturday in the middle of the day.
The United States is the most affected country with 627,845 deaths, ahead of Brazil (573,511 dead), India (433,964), Mexico (252,080) and Peru (197,752).
