Covid-19: Olivier Véran in Dunkirk before the announcement of local measures
UPDATE ON THE SITUATION – New reports, new measures, highlights: Le Figaro takes stock of the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.
- Scotland presents its plan to exit containment
The Scottish government plans to reopen non-essential shops at the end of April, Premier Nicola Sturgeon announced on Tuesday (February 23rd), presenting his plan “careful” to gradually exit the containment in force since the start of the year against the coronavirus.
Israel has decided to impose from Thursday a night curfew on the occasion of the celebrations of the Jewish religious holiday of Purim to avoid an increase in contamination with the new coronavirus. The curfew will be imposed from 8:30 p.m. local 5 a.m. from Thursday to Sunday morning.
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- Olivier Véran in Dunkirk …
Dunkirk in turn expects new local restrictions to cope with a surge in Covid-19 cases due to the English variant. The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, goes to the site on Wednesday for a visit to the hospital center and a meeting with local elected officials, while a Health Defense Council will be held at the Elysee around the Head of State.
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Jean Castex went to the Argenteuil hospital center (Val-d’Oise) on Tuesday evening, where he observed the “Worrying rising waters” of Covid during discussions with nursing staff.
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- The 85,000 death mark exceeded in France
20,064 new people tested positive for Covid-19 in France in 24 hours, according to figures released Tuesday evening, against 19,590 last Tuesday. 314 people have died since the day before in hospital, bringing the total to 85,070 coronavirus deaths.
25,660 people are now hospitalized (-171) and 1,780 new patients with Covid-19 were admitted in 24 hours, 251 more than the day before. 3,435 patients are currently in the intensive care units on Tuesday, among them, 345 were received in 24 hours (+71). The test positivity rate is 6.5%.
- AstraZeneca to manufacture only half of its vaccine doses in Europe
“About half of the expected volume must come from the supply chain in the EU“, And the rest will come from the international network of the firm, said the spokesperson for the pharmaceutical giant.
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- Costa Rica: the South African variant detected on a French tourist
The South African variant of the coronavirus was detected on a 65-year-old Frenchman who was part of a group of 20 tourists who tested positive for Covid-19 during their stay in Costa Rica, authorities in the small American country announced on Tuesday. central.
- Extended restrictions in Spain
Spain’s restrictions on flights from the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa are extended until March 16, due to fears related to variants of the coronavirus, the Spanish government said on Tuesday.
- The vaccine has arrived in Afghanistan and Senegal
Afghanistan launched the first phase of its vaccination campaign on Tuesday, which has so far been extremely limited in a country ravaged by violence on a daily basis.
Senegal also launched its campaign on Tuesday with the recent acquisition of 200,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine, 10% of which were made available to two of its neighbors, Guinea-Bissau and The Gambia.
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