3:31 p.m.: Vaccination started in the United States
A New York nurse became the first person to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the United States, the country most bereaved in the world by the coronavirus, on Monday.
“First vaccine administered. Congratulations to the United States, congratulations to the WORLD!” Tweeted President Donald Trump.
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BREAKING: Critical care nurse in New York is among first in US to receive a coronavirus vaccine:
“We all need to do our parts to put an end to the pandemic.” pic.twitter.com/kGUI8o9h63
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 14, 2020
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2:28 p.m .: Restaurateurs, cafetiers, hoteliers at Les Invalides against their forced closure
The unions of restaurateurs and hoteliers across France have called for a rally today at 1 p.m., Place des Invalides, in Paris. They are protesting against the closure of their establishments, which cannot reopen before January 20, at a minimum.
A large number of other professions have joined the procession, such as nightclub owners, caterers and wedding professionals.
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Organized by the#UMIH_France and the #GNI_CHR , restaurateurs, hoteliers and other independents gather on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris to protest against the confinement of their businesses pic.twitter.com/yFz9GrHmbe
– Romarik Le Dourneuf (@rledourneuf) December 14, 2020
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12:27 pm: “This type of operation is ultimately decisive” believes Véran
From Le Havre where he came to attend the launch of the screening campaign, Olivier Véran felt that “this type of operation is ultimately decisive”. It should allow “to identify people likely to transmit the virus, if people know they are positive they will have to protect others” by isolating themselves, said the Minister of Health.
“We invite as many inhabitants as possible to be tested”, insisted on his side the mayor, Edouard Philippe: “It is not only a question of testing but of supporting. Adapting the response to the individual situation of each person tested “, continued the former Prime Minister.
12:03 p.m .: More than hundreds of verbalizations after an underground party in the Hauts-de-Seine
More than a hundred participants in a clandestine party on the night from Saturday to Sunday in Asnières (Hauts-de-Seine) were fined for non-compliance with anti-Covid containment measures.
10:51 am: In Le Havre, the screening campaign has started
Announced for several weeks, the mass screening campaign began at 10 a.m. this Monday in Le Havre, where Olivier Véran went. On a voluntary basis, residents can benefit from a free antigen or PCR test.
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At #havre, the massive screening campaign for #Covid_19 started. Find all information on @paris_normandie pic.twitter.com/47CwSCdMrk
— Dorothée Brimont (@dbrimont) December 14, 2020
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10:25 am: The German Curevac launches the last stage of a clinical trial for its vaccine
German pharmaceutical company Curevac announced on Monday the launch of the third and final phase of large-scale clinical trials for the authorization of its vaccine against Covid-19. The laboratory, like its competitors Biontech and Moderna, uses messenger RNA technology for its vaccine. The large-scale study is to be carried out in Europe and South America on “more than 35,000 participants,” says the company.
The second phase of clinical trials was launched at the end of September by the German laboratory, with a study carried out in Peru and Panama on 690 volunteers. The results of these trials are not yet known but are expected to be published in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Curevac.
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A slogan meaning “physical distancing” voted word of the year in Japan
“Mitsu”, a character (kanji) that has become a slogan in Japan summarizing the need to avoid promiscuity, was voted word of the year 2020 on Monday in a general public vote. The expression came first, garnering 14% of the vote out of a total of 208,000 votes in the country during the competition organized each year by a foundation promoting kanji, characters from China used in the writing of the Japanese.
As every year, the country’s television channels broadcast live the announcement of the choice of the character of the year, drawn with a brush by a monk from the Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto (west).
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“Kanji of the year”, which expresses the social situation of this year with one kanji character, was announced at Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, and the character “dense” was selected.https://t.co/dAODsbdEWh#nhk_video pic.twitter.com/onfm4rOnKY
— NHK News (@nhk_news) December 14, 2020
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9:32 am: In Germany, the turn of the screw before Christmas
Germany is imposing partial confinement, from Wednesday until January 10: Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced the closure of “non-essential” businesses, schools and nurseries. The pandemic “is out of control”, according to the leader of Bavaria, Markus Söder.
Employers are encouraged to prioritize teleworking or vacations for their employees as much as possible. Social contacts will have to remain very limited from December 24 to 26 when meetings will only be possible between a few members of the very close family.
8:40 am: The cultural community will be supported as much as it needs, according to Le Maire
On France Info this Monday, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire reaffirms his desire to economically support the culture medium, condemned to remain closed for at least three more weeks. To allow the resumption of activity in January, “the rule will be set by the President and the Prime Minister, after consultation with the health authorities”, explains Bruno Le Maire.
For the reopening of restaurants and bars on January 20 if the health situation allows, nothing is certain yet. “I cannot tell you with certainty that we will reopen bars and restaurants on January 20. It would be taking an excessive risk to say that”, explained the minister. A national gathering of the hotel, catering and tourism trades is also scheduled for this Monday in Paris. They ask to be able to resume their activity.
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Deconfinement: “I cannot tell you with certainty that we will reopen bars and restaurants on January 20,” says Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Mairehttps://t.co/2sYqB2sEeb pic.twitter.com/QZAC7ppnwZ
– franceinfo (@franceinfo) December 14, 2020
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7:51 am: A 5% rebound in French GDP in 2021
The Banque de France now estimates that the gross domestic product (GDP) will rebound by 5% next year, after a drop of 9% this year, a sign that the French economy will take longer to return to its previous level. crisis than anticipated so far. “The hypothesis is that the epidemic would not end immediately and that the generalized deployment of vaccines would not be fully effective until the end of 2021 ”, which means that“ the level of activity at the end of 2019 would not be recovered until mid-2022 “, explains the Bank of France in its macroeconomic projections published Monday.
6:16 a.m .: Record cases in South Korea
South Korea, long held up as a model for managing the health crisis, reported on Sunday 1,030 new cases, a record which illustrates Seoul’s difficulties in containing its third wave. A renewed epidemic in Seoul and its region has surprised the country in recent weeks, forcing President Moon Jae-in to apologize, in a Facebook post.
6:15 am: Beginning of massive tests in two cities in France
Announced for several weeks, the mass screening campaigns for Covid-19 in Le Havre and Charleville-Mézières start this Monday. On a voluntary basis, the inhabitants of these two cities will be able to benefit from antigen tests or PCR. The stated objective is to better understand how the coronavirus is transmitted in the population, but also to better isolate positive cases. We explain everything in this article.
6:14 am: New boost from the Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that it will inject an additional $ 250 million (€ 206 million) into the international campaign to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Part of these funds will be devoted to the distribution of vaccines in regions of sub-Saharan Africa and in South Asia.
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6:12 am: the United States will vaccinate en masse
In the United States, the country most affected in terms of death toll (297,843) and cases (more than 16 million), the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has started to be shipped, in boxes refrigerated at -70 ° C, from the Pfizer Michigan plant to hospitals and other sites for delivery starting Monday to millions of Americans.
145 sites nationwide will receive the vaccine on Monday, an additional 425 on Tuesday and 66 on Wednesday. This first phase involves around three million people, with a target of 20 million in total in December.
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What to remember from Sunday
- The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine began shipping to hospitals and other sites in the United States on Sunday for administration from Monday to millions of Americans.
- Germany will enter partial containment on Wednesday for more than three weeks with the closure of “non-essential” businesses and schools, in an attempt to curb the “exponential growth” of infections before the end of the year holidays, according to Angela Merkel.
- The director of the Zurich hospital calls for stricter national measures in the face of the exponential evolution of the pandemic in Switzerland, asking for the shutdown of the country.
- In France 11,533 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the last 24 hours, ie 2,414 less than the day before. 150 additional deaths have been recorded in hospitals in the last 24 hours against 199 the day before.
- Very significant logistical resources are deployed in Havre and Charleville-Mézières, these two metropolises which are starting their mass screening campaign for the coronavirus this Monday.
- Several clandestine parties bringing together up to 500 guests were spotted by the authorities this weekend in Marseille, Strasbourg and Nantes or in Belgium.
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