Follow the events of the day live:
7:30 am. In China. Yesterday, 94 new symptomatic cases were confirmed, infections transmitted locally in Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Yunnan and Zhejiang. No case of Omicron has been reported to date.
7.20 a.m. In the USA, self-tests before family reunions. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been advising everyone, even those who have been vaccinated, to get tested before going to an indoor gathering since that night. Especially if there are unvaccinated children and the elderly in the assistance.
7:10. The Chinese economy less flourishing than hoped. Chinese export growth faltered in November, under pressure from a strong yuan, weakening demand and rising costs. Imports experienced an unexpected acceleration of 31.7% (against 19 expected) because of the need for coal and copper.
7 hours. Compulsory test to enter the UK. All travelers wishing to travel to England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland must now provide a negative test taken before departure.
6:50 a.m. If you are going to Colombia. From December 14, international travelers over the age of 18 will need to present a full vaccination certificate to enter the country. Colombian President Ivan Duque announced it last night.
6:40 am. The pandemic has increased illiteracy. In low- and middle-income countries, the percentage of children not able to read and understand simple text by the age of 10 – which was already over 50% before the pandemic – could quickly reach nearly 70% due to the closure of classes and the lower quality of distance education, worry the World Bank, Unesco and Unicef. The generation of young people currently in school is at risk of losing nearly $ 17 trillion in income due to school closures, or 14% of global GDP.
6.30 a.m. In New York, vaccinated children will be able to participate in activities. At the same time as he announced a vaccination obligation for private sector employees, the mayor of the most populous city in the USA (8.2 million inhabitants), Bill de Blasio announced that 5-11 year olds should receive at at least one dose by December 14 and those 12 years of age and over should be fully immunized by December 27. This obligation applies to entering restaurants and participating in extracurricular school activities.
According to the city’s website, only 27% of New Yorkers aged 5 to 12 have received at least one dose, and only 15% are fully immunized.
6.30 a.m. Three mega vaccination centers will open in Paris. Three “large capacity” establishments will open at the Cité des sciences et de l’Industrie (Thursday), at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center (Saturday), and at Station F (from December 18). They will complete 19 local centers located in the boroughs.
6:20 a.m. Omicron has been in Houston sewage for eight days. Wastewater samples collected between November 29 and 30 in the large city of Texas (population 2.4 million) revealed the presence of the Omicron variant in 8 of the city’s 39 treatment plants, after the genomic sequencing results received last night. For the moment no case has been confirmed in the city, assured in the wake of the department of health of the city.
6:10 am. In the Netherlands, the army as reinforcements. The Dutch hospital UMC Utrecht was able to open a second care unit for Covid patients yesterday thanks to the deployment of 50 soldiers with medical training.
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