10:45 a.m .: The Côte-d’Or switches to a curfew at 6 p.m.
Faced with the steady increase in the epidemic in the department of Côte-d’Or, the prefect of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Côte-d’Or region has decided to introduce a curfew from 6 pm in all the municipalities of the department, from Sunday, and until Sunday January 24. Information confirmed by the mayor of Dijon, François Rebsamen, to the Public Good.
10:35 a.m .: Haute-Savoie finally remains under curfew at 8 p.m.
After many rumors on Friday, the decision fell on Saturday morning: Haute-Savoie officially remains under the device of a curfew at 8 p.m., despite an incidence rate just above the maximum measure. On Friday, elected officials had been consulted and had said their opposition, according to Le Dauphiné Libéré.
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9:37 am: vaccine distribution was a farce, says Joe Biden
The distribution of the Covid-19 vaccines by the Trump administration was a farce, accused President-elect Joe Biden, who will be invested in ten days, accused Friday.
9:16 am: Saudi king vaccinated
King Salman of Saudi Arabia, 85, received the first dose of a vaccine against the new coronavirus on Friday, more than three weeks after the start of a nationwide vaccination campaign.
8:27 am: Virtual education in Bolivia
The Bolivian government decided on Friday to resume the 2021 school year, February 1, with exclusively virtual lessons and plans to provide lessons on radio and television. “We are not going to authorize face-to-face activities as long as there is a risk of contagion. We are going to develop distance or virtual education”, declared the Minister of Education, Adrian Quelca.
7:55 am: Denmark demands a negative test for all arrivals by plane
Denmark announced on Friday that only planes all of whose passengers previously tested negative for the coronavirus would be allowed to land on its soil.
7:40 a.m .: Serial confinements and reconfinements
The city of Mexico faces its highest level of occupancy of hospital beds since the start of the pandemic, according to the mayor, which extends the state of emergency established until January 10.
A Cyprus, the authorities have decided to impose confinement as of Sunday, the second since spring 2020. In Israel, the confinement was extended until January 21, and in Greece until January 18. The Hungary has also extended the partial containment measures until February 1. The Sweden for its part, voted by a large majority a law temporarily endowing the government with new powers against the epidemic, in particular allowing restaurants and businesses to be closed for the first time.
7:17 am: Most Covid-19 patients still have at least one symptom six months later
More than three-quarters of people hospitalized for Covid-19 still suffered from at least one symptom six months after falling ill, according to a study published on Saturday that highlights the need for further research into the lingering effects of the coronavirus.
Fatigue or muscle weakness are the most common symptoms. Sleep disorders, anxiety or depression have also been observed, according to the study, published in the journal “The Lancet”, including more than a thousand patients from the Chinese city of Wuhan.
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6:53 am: What do we know about “at risk” clusters in Brittany and Île-de-France?
Two “risk clusters” have been detected in France: one in an establishment for the elderly near Rennes, the other in schools in Hauts-de-Seine.
Here is what we know so far.
6:42 am: Do you have symptoms or are you in contact with Covid-19?
Here is the procedure to quickly obtain a work stoppage.
6:31 am: Gear change in the United States
CNN reported that the future Biden administration would distribute all available doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, rather than withholding half of the doses to meet the deadlines for the second injection.
6:30 a.m .: Which departments will go under curfew at 6 p.m.?
By Sunday, decisions must be taken on the possible extension to ten new departments of the curfew from 6 p.m., already in force in fifteen others for a week, especially in eastern France.
In Strasbourg, the Bas-Rhin prefecture took the lead by announcing Friday morning that the department would go into curfew at 6 p.m. on Sunday. The Haut-Rhin should follow, according to Les Latest Nouvelles d’Alsace.
But in the Bouches-du-Rhône, local elected officials vigorously opposed this prospect.
Here is the information we have for the moment on the departments concerned.
6:22 a.m .: Extension of the curfew to 6 p.m., demonstration by opponents of vaccination in Italy, night curfew in Quebec: follow with us the evolutions of the pandemic in France and around the world this Saturday, January 9.
6:20 am: Hello everyone and welcome to this live video dedicated to the coronavirus epidemic.
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