End of restrictions in England, vaccine factories in South Africa, Djokovic co-founder of a biotech developing a treatment for Covid, "
maskgate
" in the United States...
Le Figaro
takes stock of the latest developments in the Covid pandemic -19.
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Defense Council and teachers' strike in France
A Health Defense Council meeting Thursday morning at the Elysee Palace must "
give visibility
" as to the restrictions linked to the health crisis, even if the epidemiological situation must maintain the status quo for at least fifteen days.
Teachers are preparing for a new day of action on Thursday to protest against the management of the health crisis in education, with a demonstration in the afternoon in Paris which
"will not be prevented"
by the prefecture police, despite filing the declaration out of time.
End of most restrictions in England
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday that he would end next week most of the anti-Covid restrictions imposed to fight the Omicron variant in England and provide for the end of isolation for positive cases in March.
Portugal: special authorizations for voters
Portuguese voters placed in quarantine during the period of the January 30 legislative elections will be allowed to break their isolation to vote, the government announced on Wednesday.
In order to prevent these voters suffering from Covid-19, or considered as contact cases, from contributing to the spread of the virus, they will be "
recommended
" to go and vote at a specific time, in principle one hour before the closing of the polling stations.
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Record daily infections in Mexico
Mexico recorded a record contamination on Wednesday with 60,552 new cases of Covid-19 in one day, the country facing a fourth wave of coronavirus linked to the Omicron variant.
Green light for Novavax vaccine in Belgium
Like France last week, the Belgian authorities gave their agreement on Wednesday to the administration in Belgium of the anti-Covid vaccine from the American firm Novavax, the 5th vaccine authorized in the EU.
Belgium specifies that it will receive 510,000 doses in February-March.
This vaccine will be offered “
as a priority to people at high risk of an allergic reaction to available vaccines or who have had proven side effects after a first vaccination against Covid-19
”.
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Vaccine factory in South Africa
South Africa, spearheading the fight for equal access to Covid vaccines, opened the continent's first factory in Cape Town on Wednesday that will manufacture doses from A to Z, funded by the biotechnology billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong.
Djokovic, co-founder of a biotech developing a treatment for Covid
Tennis champion Novak Djokovic, recently expelled from Australia after a long saga over his vaccine status, is the co-founder and majority shareholder of a biotech company working on a treatment for Covid, the director said on Wednesday. of the Danish company.
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WHO wants real-time monitoring of animal reservoirs
The World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee on Covid is asking countries to set up
“real-time surveillance”
of possible animal reservoirs of the virus giving rise to the disease, according to its conclusions published on Wednesday.
Three judges try to calm the controversy over the wearing of masks at the Supreme Court of the United States
To appease the controversy, three judges of the Supreme Court of the United States denied on Wednesday the fact that the president of the institution had imposed the wearing of the mask on the highest magistrates of the country, in rare press releases illustrating the extent taken by this “
maskgate
”.
Foot / CAN: twelve players from Tunisia with Covid
Twelve players from the Tunisian selection are suffering from Covid, including the star of the team, the striker of Saint-Étienne Wahbi Khazri, on the eve of a decisive match of the African Cup of Nations (CAN) against the Gambia, announced the Tunisian Football Federation on its Facebook page.
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More than 5.5 million dead
The Covid-19 pandemic has killed at least 5,553,124 people worldwide since the end of December 2019, according to a report compiled by AFP from official sources on Wednesday at 11:00 GMT.
In absolute terms, the countries with the most deaths are the United States (857,665), Brazil (621,855), India (487,202) and Russia (323,376).
The World Health Organization (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 officially recorded.