The Dunkirk carnival still canceled, Australia will reopen its borders, more than 5.73 million deaths worldwide...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Monday, February 7 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic .
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417 dead in 24 hours and 33,447 patients hospitalized in France
The epidemic continues to hit France, where 417 people died on Monday, according to Public Health France.
33,447 patients are currently hospitalized, including 2,830 in the past 24 hours.
3,622 patients are being treated in critical care units - 328 of them have been since the day before.
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Dunkirk carnival still canceled
The agglomeration of Dunkirk, in the north of France, announced Monday to cancel for the second consecutive year the carnival of the city, one of the most important in France, by complying with "
recommendations
" of the prefecture linked to the epidemic.
In the south, the Nice carnival, canceled in 2021, was however maintained from February 11 to 27.
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Australia will reopen its borders
Australia will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated tourists on February 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Monday, after imposing some of the toughest entry restrictions in the world.
Only a few countries, including Japan, China, New Zealand and Pacific islands, keep their borders closed.
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Crisis in Canada: the mayor of Ottawa calls for a mediator
The mayor of Ottawa has called on the government to appoint a mediator, while the Canadian federal capital has been occupied for ten days by truckers who denounce the health measures imposed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has remained in the background of the crisis so far. .
Deeming the situation "
out of control
", the mayor declared a state of emergency on Sunday.
Similar movements, on a smaller scale, are taking place in several large Canadian cities, such as Toronto, Quebec and Winnipeg.
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Morocco reopens its airspace
After more than two months of closure, Morocco, shaken by an unprecedented drop of 71% in tourist arrivals in 2021 compared to 2019, reopens its airspace on Monday in an attempt to save the tourist season.
All travelers must be vaccinated and present a negative PCR test less than 48 hours old when boarding.
Upon arrival in Morocco, he is subjected to a rapid antigen test and “ random
” PCR tests
will be carried out.
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Fourth dose for Chilean seniors
Chile began its national campaign for the fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, initially reserved for people over the age of 55, at a time when the country is facing a new wave of massive contamination.
This Latin American country, whose population is among the most vaccinated in the world, has already started since January 10 to administer a 4th dose to immunocompromised people, health personnel and the elderly in nursing homes.
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Turkey: Beware of mockery on Erdogan's Covid
Turkish justice has issued an arrest warrant against a former Olympic swimmer for "
criminal messages on social networks
", due to tweets in which he mocked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after his contamination by Covid- 19.
An account attributed to swimmer Derya Buyukuncu, a specialist in backstroke and butterfly swimming six times selected for the Olympics, claimed to have prepared a large quantity of confectionery traditionally distributed at funerals.
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More than 5.73 million deaths worldwide
The pandemic has officially killed more than 5,737,468 people worldwide since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP.
In absolute terms, the United States is the country with the most deaths (902,624), ahead of Brazil (632,193), India (502,874) and Russia (336,023).
Reported to the population, the countries where the epidemic has caused the most deaths are Peru with 628 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, Bulgaria (485), Bosnia (447), Hungary (432) and Montenegro (414) .
