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  • Two weeks after the re-containment, Prime Minister Jean Castex will take stock this Thursday at 6 p.m. on the second wave of coronavirus. 

  • According to the count from Public Health France, 329 people have died in the last 24 hours in hospital.

    These new deaths bring the total death toll from Covid-19 in France to 42,536 (hospitals and nursing homes and other medico-social establishments).

  • The European Commission announced on Wednesday that it had approved a contract with the Pfizer and BioNTech groups to purchase up to 300 million doses of their vaccine.

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9:15 am: 60% of French admit to having transgressed the rules of confinement

According to a survey, since the announcement of the second confinement on October 30 to fight against the coronavirus epidemic, 60% of French people have transgressed it at least once.

This is 27 points more than the first six weeks of the first confinement, reports this survey carried out by Ifop for Consolab.

9:10 am: 329 deaths in the last 24 hours at the hospital

According to the count from Public Health France, 329 people have died in the last 24 hours in hospital.

These new deaths bring the total death toll from Covid-19 in France to 42,536 (hospitals and nursing homes and other medico-social establishments).

In intensive care units, admissions are also on the rise with 351 in 24 hours, for a total of 4,789 patients affected by Covid-19 in these services.

9:05 am: Jean Castex will take stock this Thursday on the health situation

Two weeks after the re-containment, Jean Castex will take stock this Thursday on the second wave of coronavirus.

The press conference of the head of government is scheduled for 6 p.m., after the now weekly ritual of the defense council, which should make final arbitrations in the morning.

While the number of patients continues to increase, the Prime Minister risks shattering the hopes of the French on a possible relaxation of restrictions.

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