Liberation

Is the Fifth Wave Wall soon behind us? 

After several weeks punctuated by unprecedented records of Sars-CoV-2 contamination, the scenario of an end to the flood now seems within reach,

Libé

As the modellers had envisaged for this second half of January.

Liberation

other data remain very worrying.

(…) Because this fifth wave, carried by a duo of different but complementary variants, will undoubtedly not be the last.

The virus is still circulating in the world, other variants will inevitably appear and the Covid will return, landing at Roissy or elsewhere. 

La Croix,

this moment will not arrive before the summer, a period when the immune coverage will be greater and will allow better resistance to serious forms.

Whether it becomes endemic will depend on two things

the duration of the immunity conferred by the Omicron variant and the ability of pharmaceutical industries to produce vaccines that are resistant to the variants.

But for the next four to six months, we can be optimistic.

Le Parisien

peak of the epidemic, 90% vaccinated… what will the vaccine pass really be used for

For the vaccinated, the gesture will remain the same: a simple scan of the QR code hosted in the TousAntiCovid application will open the doors of the gathering places.

For the 5 million unvaccinated people and the latecomers in terms of a booster dose, on the other hand, daily life will be greatly complicated. 

will the vaccination pass encourage more people to get vaccinated?

This is the hammered goal.

 Until when will it be in force?

Le Parisien

After its first use this winter, the vaccine pass could join the toolbox of the measures deployed in the event of a resurgence.

Boris Johnson fights for his political survival

Le Figaro.

Partygate 

the conclusions of the internal investigation into these confinement parties at the top of power could be made at the end of the week. And in the meantime,

Le Figaro

Boris Johnson’s rescue operation has been launched. In the corridors of Whitehall, it is called "

This counter-offensive by BoJo is organized on two fronts,

Le Figaro. He first intends to do some cleaning in Downing Street. Some heads will fall, collaborators will be thanked.

Boris Johnson would also consider a series of measures popular with some of the Conservative MPs and his electorate: the freezing (before the abolition) of the license fee paid to the BBC, a possible deployment of the army to stem immigration clandestinely across the Channel and, luck helping, the lifting of the constraints due to the Omicron variant within ten days. 

Le Figaro

will this rain dance be enough to thwart the scalp dance that some are fomenting in Westminster?

Liberation

behind the scenes, the potential successors to Boris Johnson are getting organized.

According to the press, Rishi Sunak, Minister of the Economy, Liz Truss, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Priti Patel, Minister of the Interior, have increased their meetings with Conservative MPs in recent days.

The three are said to have also started sharing their personal vision for the future of the UK.