New measures, new reports and highlights, an update on the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.
The situation in France
Twenty million people have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine in France, Emmanuel Macron announced in a tweet on Saturday, allowing the government to achieve the goal it had set for itself. “20 million French people vaccinated!” Prime Minister Jean Castex also wrote on social networks. “To all those who have mobilized to achieve this objective: thank you for your commitment and your exceptional mobilization. To all our eligible compatriots who have not yet been vaccinated: go to santé.fr.”, He added . The exact number of people first vaccinated was not immediately available. According to the latest figures released Friday evening, 19,706,931 people had received at least one injection and 8,705,141 people had received two injections (13% of the total population and 16.6% of the adult population).
To read :Castex “reasonably optimistic” to reach 20 million first-time vaccinated on Saturday
In the morning, Jean Castex said he was “reasonably optimistic” to reach the target of 20 million on Saturday, during a visit to the vaccination center at Porte de Versailles in Paris. The government had set itself the goal of reaching the 20 million mark for the first doses injected by May 15, then 30 million a month later. “This is a very important moment for the whole of the country because it reinforces the prospects for an exit from the crisis which are also reinforced by the evolution of the data of the epidemic which is regressing everywhere” in France, added Jean Castex to the Porte de Versailles. “The next objective is 30 million first-time vaccinated, it is within our reach”, insisted the Prime Minister, while the campaign will be open to all adults, regardless of age, on June 15 .
Relaxation of the wearing of masks for people vaccinated in the United States
The lifting by the US health authorities of the recommendation to wear a mask for people vaccinated against Covid-19 took local officials, experts and companies in the United States by surprise, causing heated debate and some confusion in the process on Friday. country.
Several American retail chains, such as the giant Walmart or the low-cost supermarkets Costco, announced on Friday that the mask is no longer mandatory in their stores but that it remains de rigueur when local legislation still requires them to be worn. .
The main federal public health agency in the United States (CDC) said Thursday that anyone who is fully vaccinated can now do without wearing a mask, except in transport and hospitals. But each state, county or even city can decide to maintain the obligation.
Second year worse than first, WHO warns
The pandemic is on the way to killing more people this year than in 2020, warned the WHO on Friday when the hope of a more normal life is emerging in several countries, at the cost of heated debates in the States. -United on lifting the recommendation to wear a mask for vaccinated people.
Other nations, including India, however, remain in the grip of a devastating epidemic outbreak. Covid-19 has killed at least 3.3 million people worldwide since the end of December 2019 while the appearance of variants and the uneven progress of vaccination campaigns continue to worry.
According to the boss of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, “at the rate things are going, the second year of the pandemic will be” much more deadly than the first. “He also called for giving up to vaccinate children and adolescents against the coronavirus and to donate the doses thus released to the Covax system to redistribute them to underprivileged nations.
The balance sheet in the world
The novel coronavirus pandemic has made at least 3,359,726 dead worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the onset of the disease at the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources on Saturday at 10:00 GMT. On Friday, 12,950 new deaths and 728,160 new cases were recorded worldwide. The countries that have recorded the most new deaths in their latest reports are India with 3,890 new deaths, Brazil (2,211) and the United States (758).
United States are the most affected country in terms of both deaths and cases, with 585.232death for 32,895,292 identified cases, according to the count of Johns Hopkins University.
After the United States, the countries most affected are the Brazil with 432,628 dead and 15,519,525 cases, theIndia with 266,207 dead (24,372,907 cases), the Mexico with 220,159 dead (2,377,995 cases), and the United Kingdom with 127,668 dead (4,446,824 cases).
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