10:12 pm: The Spanish government requests the extension of the state of alert until June 7
The Spanish government has announced that it is asking parliament to extend the state of containment alert until June 7, while the coronavirus death toll fell below 100 for the third consecutive day.
9:35 p.m .: Almost a thousand civil servants will be screened in Lille after three cases of Covid-19 within the police station
A massive screening campaign, concerning “nearly a thousand civil servants”, will be carried out this week within the central police station of Lille after the identification of three cases of Covid-19 positive, announces the prefecture.
9:04 p.m .: Vaccine: the pressure from the Moderna laboratory
The US biotechnology company Moderna, which has announced encouraging results for its experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus, called on European states to order quickly, with delivery times varying “from 6 to 9 months”.
21:01: Four French Renault sites would be on the harness
French automaker Renault is reportedly considering closing four sites in France, including Flins, which assembles the electric city car Zoe and the Nissan Micra, as part of a major economic plan to be announced next week, according to Le Canard Enchainé.
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8:57 p.m .: Wearing a mandatory mask in Algeria
In preparation for the Muslim holiday of Fitr celebrated next week, Algeria has announced strengthened measures to stem the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, and even if the mosques remain closed, at least until May 29, a vast campaign to disinfect places of worship has been launched. During the two days of the Fitr festival, scheduled in principle from May 23 or 24, curfews will be lengthened and car traffic prohibited throughout the country. The press release also mentions “the obligation to wear a mask”, but without clearly limiting this obligation to the Fitr holiday period, like the two other measures.
8:42 p.m .: Three Ehpad targeted by an investigation
Several preliminary investigations were opened after manslaughter complaints filed by the families of residents of three nursing homes in Hauts-de-Seine, who died from coronavirus, announced the Nanterre prosecution. The investigations, opened for “manslaughter”, “failure to assist a person in danger” and “endangering the life of others” target establishments in Chaville, Clamart and Clichy-la-Garenne.
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7:06 pm: Theme parks: Lemoyne talks about a reopening in June in the green areas
Secretary of State Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne spoke Tuesday during a debate in the Senate of the possibility of a reopening on June 2 of theme parks located in green areas, such as Le Puy du Fou in Vendée.
7:04 p.m .: Jérôme Salomon returns this Tuesday evening
Jérôme Salomon the director general of health will again speak publicly on television this Tuesday evening after 18 days of stopping and beginning of deconfinement. Indeed, his press briefing on the evolution of the pandemic had turned into a simple email in recent weeks.
18h53: The “Covid bonus” of 1,500 euros subject to a quota in certain hospitals
Paid without distinction in 40 departments, the 1,500 euros of the maximum “Covid bonus” can only be allocated to 40% of staff in 79 other hospitals in “first line” during the coronavirus epidemic, according to a draft ministerial instruction of which AFP has obtained a copy. In the 61 other departments, it will be necessary to settle for 500 euros, except in these 79 establishments (including 19 CHU) which have received patients from Covid-19 and where the director “can raise” this premium to 1,500 euros “for services or agents involved in the care of patients contaminated (…) or mobilized by the exceptional circumstances of exercise “.
6:22 p.m .: Seasonal EU workers allowed in France with conditionss
Seasonal workers from the European Union will be allowed to come to work in France subject to an employment contract and compliance with health protection measures in the face of the coronavirus epidemic, announces Didier Guillaume, Minister of Agriculture.
6:11 p.m .: Guillaume Musso most read author during confinement
Novelist Guillaume Musso was the most read author during confinement, according to a study by the GfK Institute for Weekly Books. Musso, who was a hit with the pocket edition of “The secret life of writers”, shared the podium with Michel Bussi, second in the ranking with “I had to dream too hard” and Aurélie Valognes, third with “The cherry on the cake”.
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5:22 p.m .: Serological tests on medical prescription for nursing staff
Healthcare workers will be able to benefit “from next week” from serological tests on medical prescription, in order to know whether or not they have contracted the coronavirus, announces the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.
5:09 p.m .: Stronger decrease C02 emissions since World War II
Global CO2 emissions are expected to drop by around 4% to 7% in 2020, compared to 2019, the largest annual decrease recorded since the Second World War, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change on Tuesday indicates Le Monde.
5 p.m .: A “risk of lasting damage” to the American economy
The shutdown of the US economy due to the pandemic poses a “risk of lasting damage”said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a Senate hearing. The reopening of the economy must nevertheless be done in a “balanced and safe way” against the Covid-19, he added, while President Donald Trump urges companies to revive the economic machine and that experts warn against premature reopening.
4:25 p.m .: Industrial slaughterhouses “incompatible” with sanitary measures
Industrial slaughterhouses are “incompatible” with compliance with health measures intended to prevent the spread of Covid-19, said the Confédération paysanne, after the revelation of a multiplication of cases in French slaughterhouses. Several grouped cases of coronavirus have been discovered in slaughterhouses in Loiret and Côtes d’Armor, in particular.
3:50 p.m .: Debate and vote on tracing during deconfinement, via Stopcovid, will take place on May 27
Under pressure from the opposition, the government had accepted this non-compulsory vote at the end of April on this sensitive subject of tracing mobile data in the fight against the coronavirus. We had to wait until the smartphone application was ready before we could present its exact outline to Parliament.
The objective of the mobile tracking application is to allow each user who learns about his contamination to warn all the other users he has encountered in the previous two weeks, so that they can take their precautions (self-containment , tests …).
2:12 p.m .: Member countries agree on an independent assessment of WHO’s response to the pandemic
The 194 member countries of WHO, including the United States and China, adopted a resolution on Tuesday providing for an “independent assessment” of the UN agency’s response to the new coronavirus pandemic.
This text, approved by consensus, plans to launch “as soon as possible … an impartial, independent and complete evaluation process” of the international action coordinated by the WHO engaged in the face of the pandemic, with a view to “improving global capacity for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. ”
1:02 p.m .: Almost 10,000 dead in English and Welsh retirement homes
Nearly 10,000 deaths involving the new coronavirus have been reported in retirement homes in England and Wales, the National Statistics Office (ONS) announced on Tuesday.
A total of 39,071 deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in these two nations of the United Kingdom until May 8, 2020, excluding the deaths in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
12:45 p.m .: Chinese lab thinks it has found an effective treatment
Researchers in China say they have already developed a treatment to stop the coronavirus epidemic that has killed more than 300,000 people worldwide.
A drug in the testing phase at the prestigious Peking University (“Beida”) would not only speed up healing, but also temporarily immunize against Covid-19.
The laboratory, an expert in single cell sequencing, has developed a cocktail of antibodies which in mice has divided the viral load by 2,500.
12:29 p.m .: The Mosque esplanade in Jerusalem will reopen after Eid al-Fitr
After two months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the esplanade of the Mosques in Jerusalem will reopen after Eid el-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan planned this weekend, Waqf, the organization announced on Tuesday. managing the Muslim holy places in the Holy City.
12:24 p.m .: Dublin Marathon, scheduled for October 25, canceled
The Dublin marathon, scheduled for October 25, has been canceled due to the new coronavirus, organizers announced on Tuesday, suggesting that a return to normal could take months.
“We know this is extremely disappointing for all runners,” said race director Jim Aughney, claiming to have “made this difficult decision in the interest of the health and well-being of all those involved.” imply to make the event such a success. ”
The race gathered 22,500 participants last year.
12:19 p.m .: 100 km rule: 950 fines have been imposed
French authorities have imposed 950 fines on people who have moved more than 100 kilometers from their home without any compelling reason, a ban in effect since May 11, Secretary of State for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari announced on Tuesday .
“Last week, (…) last weekend, we did, you know on the 100 km rule, more than 200,000 checks which gave rise to around (…) 950 PV”, said declared Mr. Djebbari on BFMTV.
The government lifted almost two months of confinement on May 11 against the spread of the coronavirus, but it still prohibits French people from traveling outside their department more than 100 kilometers from home, if it is not essential.
Individuals who break this rule face a fine of 135 euros per person, or even 200 euros if they reoffend within two weeks.
11:25 am: China accuses Trump of “shirking obligations” to WHO
China criticized Donald Trump for “shirking his obligations” to the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday after threats by the US president to freeze funding for the agency indefinitely.
This approach by the tenant of the White House, who criticizes the WHO for being too lenient with Beijing, aims to “dirty the efforts of China in the face of the epidemic” of Covid-19, criticized a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhao Lijian.
9:14 am: Fortnight on a “voluntary” basis from May 20 for French arriving from abroad outside the EU
French travelers and permanent residents in France arriving from abroad outside the EU will be invited to submit to a fortnight on a “voluntary” basis as of Wednesday May 20, French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian announced on Tuesday .
7:34 am: 14 positive cases in a Royal Canin factory in the North
14 positive cases were detected among the 231 employees of the Royal Canin pet food factory located near Cambrai (North), announcement France 3. All have been tested. Positive employees have been quarantined.
The factory is thus one of the 3 clusters detected in the Hauts-de-France.
6:56 am: In Nicaragua, “express burials” to hide the reality of the coronavirus
Doctors in Nicaragua warn of looming Covid-19 epidemic as families and opposition accuse President Daniel Ortega’s government of ordering “express burials” to hide the reality of the contamination .
According to the Ministry of Health, the Central American country has registered only 25 contaminations for eight deaths since the diagnosis of the first cases on March 19, figures disputed by professionals and NGOs.
Nicaragua is the only Central American country that has neither adopted containment measures, closed its borders, nor suspended school due to the pandemic. However, on April 29 the government ended up encouraging the population to take preventive measures of hygiene and social distancing.
However, hospitals are facing an increasing influx of patients suffering from respiratory diseases. But those who died of “atypical pneumonia” are buried in sealed coffins during “express burials”, without vigil or gathering.
6:25 am: The number of daily deaths drops below 800 in the United States
The United States recorded 759 new deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours on Monday, bringing the total death toll to 90,309, according to Johns Hopkins University count.
This daily balance sheet is one of the lowest in recent weeks for the country, the most bereaved in the world in absolute terms.
6:19 am: Trump threatens to cut supplies at WHO
US President Donald Trump threatened to freeze US funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) indefinitely on Monday if it did not commit to “noticeable improvements” within 30 days.
“If the WHO does not commit to significant improvements within 30 days, I will transform the temporary suspension of funding to WHO into a permanent measure and reconsider our membership in the organization” , Tweeted Mr. Trump and posted photos of a letter to WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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