Less than 4 million French people likely to lose their vaccination pass, tennis player Novak Djokovic ready to miss Roland-Garros because of his refusal of the vaccine, more than 5.8 million deaths worldwide...
Le Figaro
reports the point this Tuesday, December 15 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Less than 4 million French people likely to lose their vaccination pass
Less than 4 million people are now likely to lose their vaccination pass in France, according to an estimate communicated by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, the day new rules for keeping a valid pass come into force.
The maximum period reduced from seven to four months to make the booster dose of anti-Covid vaccine after the last injection is listed in a decree published in the Official Journal.
Another change, for certain French people who have been infected: "
A Covid-19 infection is equivalent to the administration of one of the first two doses or the additional dose
", according to this decree of February 14 linked to the management of the exit from the health crisis, signed by Prime Minister Jean Castex and Minister of Health Olivier Véran.
This is the translation of the principle "
one infection = one injection
" stated by the Minister of Health at the beginning of February.
According to new estimates released Tuesday by the Ministry of Health, "
less than 4 million people are likely to lose their health pass today
" for lack of a reminder or infection.
Until then, the authorities evoked between 4.5 and 5 million.
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Mid-CP assessments postponed after February vacation
Assessments for CP classes, canceled in January due to the health crisis, are postponed a week after each zone returns from vacation in February and March, the Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday.
The mid-CP evaluations, which take place after a first series of evaluations in this class in September, will take place “
one week after the start of the February holidays: for zone B, they will take place from February 28 to March 11, for zone A, from March 7 to 18 and for zone C, from March 14 to 25
”, detailed to the press Édouard Geffray, director general of school education (Dgesco).
The results should be known around mid-May.
These CP assessments, which are taking place for the fifth consecutive year, “
aim to identify the state of acquisition of students during the year and to identify their weaknesses.
This is all the more important in times of health crisis to know to what extent the disruptions have impacted their learning
,” he said.
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Reopening of nightclubs in France
From Wednesday, dancing in a disco, having a drink at the bar or attending a standing concert will again be allowed in France.
While Belgium will wait Friday and Germany until March 4 to reopen clubs and nightclubs, France, which hopes to approach the end of the fifth wave after the surge linked to the Omicron variant, will allow these establishments closed since the 10 December to host the party again.
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WHO urges vaccination in Eastern Europe
The European office of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for an increased vaccination effort in Eastern Europe, warning that the "
tidal wave
" linked to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was advancing towards the is.
In the past two weeks, Covid-19 cases have more than doubled in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine, noted WHO regional director Hans Kluge, lamenting low vaccination rates.
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Reopening of several borders
The Philippines is now at "
low risk
" in terms of the Covid-19 outbreak due to a rise in vaccination rates and a drop in hospitalizations, according to the President's spokesman Rodrigo Duterte.
The archipelago reopened its borders to foreign tourists last week, after two years of closure.
Papua New Guinea will also reopen its borders to vaccinated travelers from Wednesday, authorities said on Tuesday, ending the Melanesian nation's two-year isolation from its neighbours.
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Djokovic, who does not want to be vaccinated, ready to miss Roland-Garros and Wimbledon
Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic said he was ready to miss Roland-Garros and Wimbledon for the price of his refusal to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, in an interview with the BBC broadcast on Tuesday.
The Serbian player does not want to be associated with the anti-vax movement, but says he defends "
the freedom to choose what you put in your own body
".
Failing to be vaccinated, the Serbian player was expelled from Australia in January, without being able to defend his title at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
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Novavax vaccine in Slovakia to convince skeptics
Slovakia's health ministry on Tuesday opened registrations for Novavax's new Covid vaccine, which experts hope will convince skeptics as the vaccine is made using more conventional technology.
Slovakia, a country of 5.4 million people has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the EU, with only 51% of the population vaccinated with two doses, according to the health ministry.
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Registration will begin on February 15, and the vaccination process itself at the end of the month
," ministry spokeswoman Zuzana Eliasova told AFP.
At the end of December, the European Commission authorized the American company's vaccine as the fifth official vaccine in the EU.
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Indonesia: record number of daily coronavirus infections
Indonesia on Tuesday registered a record number of new cases of contamination per day with the coronavirus, caused by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.
The number of daily infections has topped 57,000 cases, according to the government's Covid-19 task force, surpassing the previous peak of 56,757 cases recorded in July last year, amid the Delta wave.
"
The number of positive cases linked to this third wave has increased sharply and faster than that of the second wave
," said the spokesperson for the working group, Wiku Adisasmito, during a press briefing.
The death rate, however, remains lower than that recorded during the Delta wave, when the archipelago reported around 2,000 deaths per day.
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More than 5.8 million dead worldwide
The pandemic has officially killed more than 5,823,938 people worldwide since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP.
In absolute value, the United States is the country with the most deaths (922,473), ahead of Brazil (638,835) and India (509,358).
Reported to the population, the countries where the epidemic has caused the most damage are Peru, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Hungary and North Macedonia.
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 officially established.
