LIVE - Coronavirus: record cases in the United States, the world is preparing to vaccinate

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While in France the ebb of the coronavirus epidemic continues for the moment, certain areas of the world are experiencing a significant acceleration in the circulation of the virus.

A record of contaminations was recorded in Mexico, and 225,000 cases in the United States in 24 hours.

The world is preparing for the vaccine.

Follow the evolution of the situation live.

Information to remember:

• 54,767 dead in France, the reflux in the hospital continues

• In France, vaccination will be free and will start in January, but mistrust reigns

• More than 1.5 million deaths and 65 million cases worldwide

Reflux in France

The reflux of the second wave continues in France with 392 hospitalizations and 132 resuscitations less since the last score.

There are therefore now 26,311 patients hospitalized for Covid-19 and 3,293 serious cases in intensive care.

The coronavirus report published on Friday shows 54,767 dead in France, or 627 more over the last 24 hours.

Some 11,221 new cases of Covid-19 have been detected since the last scoring (9,002 via PCR and 2,219 via antigenic tests).

"Vaccines don't mean zero Covid"

The arrival of several effective vaccines and the optimism that goes with it should not lower our guard, because they will not eliminate the virus, the World Health Organization warned on Friday.

"Vaccines do not mean zero Covid," said Mike Ryan, in charge of emergency situations at the UN agency.

"The progress in vaccines gives us all a boost and we can now start to see the light at the end of the tunnel," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

But he warned of the "growing feeling that the pandemic is over."

In

, the closer the vaccination approach - it should start in January - the less the French seem to want to be vaccinated: only half of those questioned in November intend to do so, against two thirds in July, according to figures released. by Public Health France.

According to Brigitte Autran, professor emeritus of immunology at the Sorbonne University, we have, however, "short-term visibility, from 3 to 6 months of hindsight", she says on Europe 1. A time according to her sufficient to realize the potential side effects of the vaccine.

In fact, usually, for other diseases, "most of the side effects occur within 15 days after administration".

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Vaccination campaigns are being set up

In Europe, the

this week became the first Western country to authorize a vaccine against Covid-19 by giving the green light to that of Pfizer and BioNTech.

The country's health authorities have deemed "probable" a significant regression of the pandemic "by spring" thanks to the vaccination, while calling for preparation for an upsurge after Christmas.

The first doses should be injected next week.

He was joined on Friday by

, the second country in the world to grant such permission.

The

government

told him that it hoped to vaccinate 15 to 20 million of its fellow citizens, out of a population of 47 million, by May or June next, including 2.5 million by the end of February.

The

will start producing the vaccine Russian Sputnik V against the Covid-19 December 22, authorities said the country, which is also developing its own vaccine.

The imminent arrival of vaccines requiring storage at freezing temperatures is prompting

companies

to prepare: Ford has ordered its own freezers while Smithfield is ready to provide the cold rooms of its slaughterhouses.

More than 65 million cases worldwide, record in Mexico and the USA

The pandemic has killed more than 1.5 million people worldwide since the end of December, for more than 65.2 million cases, according to a count made by AFP from reports provided by the authorities, Friday in the middle of day.

First affected country,

recorded an absolute record of contaminations in 24 hours with 225,201 cases, bringing in total to 14.3 million the number of cases since the start of the pandemic.

The United States is also the country with the most deaths (278,605), followed by

(175,964),

(139,188),

(108,173) and

(60,113).

for its part recorded Friday a new record of contaminations in 24 hours with 12,127 people infected.