Students wearing protective masks against Covid (illustration).
-
Martin Meissner / AP / SIPA
Want to disconnect and think of nothing, and especially not the coronavirus?
The news stream can keep flowing, you left it behind.
But not to lose sight of the essentials, here is a summarized version.
1-Covid-19: More than 921,000 dead worldwide
The novel coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 921,097 worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the onset of the disease at the end of December, according to a report established by AFP from official sources this Sunday.
More than 28,819,490 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed since the start of the epidemic, of which at least 19,133,300 are now considered cured.
This number of cases diagnosed, however, only reflects a fraction of the actual number of infections, depending on the testing policy implemented by each country and while many poor countries have only limited testing capacities.
The United States is the most affected country in terms of both deaths and cases, with 193,705 deaths for 6,486,401 cases, according to the count from Johns Hopkins University.
At least 2,434,658 people have been declared cured.
France has crossed the threshold of 10,000 new cases in 24 hours, a record since the launch of large-scale tests in the country, according to Public Health France, which points out that in some regions the virus is actively circulating, such as in Ile-de- France.
2-In France, doctors suggest the end of private meetings
Doctors and professors, including geneticist Axel Kahn, are calling this Sunday to "whistle the end of recess" in the face of the deterioration of the Covid-19 epidemic, asking the French to "avoid private gatherings".
“We are at a new stage in the epidemic: that of its spread (…).
There is probably little time left to act collectively, ”warn six doctors and professors in a column in the
Journal du dimanche
.
“Avoid private gatherings as much as possible.
The smaller a room, the more people it contains, the less airy it is, and the more you increase the risks.
Reduce the number of people present in the private setting.
If possible, postpone any meeting, ”they detail.
3-Request for a moratorium before the implementation of 5G
Nearly 70 elected officials from the left and environmentalists, including Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Yannick Jadot or the mayor of Marseille Michèle Rubirola, ask in a forum for a moratorium on the deployment of 5G in the government, which replied on Sunday that they “ refused progress ”.
The government's decision to allocate frequencies in September "comes without a climatic and environmental impact study or any prior public consultation", deplore the signatories of this column published by the
Sunday Journal.
“We, mayors and elected officials, are immediately proposing a moratorium on the deployment of 5G at least until the summer of 2021 (…) We ask that priority be given to reducing the digital divide, through developing fiber in rural areas and finalizing the deployment of 4G ”, they add.
4-A modified Brexit would be "inconceivable"
It would be "inconceivable" for London to adopt a bill partially contradicting the agreement confirming its divorce with the European Union, said Sunday the French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune in the columns of the newspaper
Le Parisien
.
The British government presented a bill to Parliament on Wednesday that partially contradicts the agreement already signed on its exit from the EU - a maneuver violating international law, by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's own admission, who nevertheless wishes to start as soon as possible. Monday the examination of his project in the House of Commons, where he has a majority of 80 seats.
“On the European side, we have always been calm, determined and above all very firm and very united.
If the British multiply the knife blows in the contract, with the idea of dividing Europe, that will not work ”, insists Clément Beaune.
A "no deal" with the United Kingdom would be "bad news", "but we are preparing", he continues, indicating that "the Prime Minister (French) will meet shortly the government to accelerate and intensify the preparations, with all scenarios.
Including the no deal ”.
5-The 15th season of “Love is in the meadow” starts this Monday in the midst of the Covid epidemic
The fifteenth season of L'Amour est dans le pré, launched this Monday on M6, will undoubtedly not be like the others.
Blame it on the Covid-19 pandemic and the health instructions that were invited to the rural meetings of singles and the presenter of the program, Karine Le Marchand.
In previous years, singles from the fields laid their poutous without counting on the cheeks of their suitors, as detailed in this article by Fabien Randanne published this Sunday.
But the coronavirus has been there and in the world after, we greet each other by banging elbows, we say hello from afar and touching it becomes an obsession.
According to information from
20 Minutes
, singles and their suitors and suitors have nevertheless been able to dispense with wearing a mask during traditional "farm stays".
Love is in the meadow
Brexit
5G
Coronavirus
Medicine
Covid 19
Society