While the coronavirus epidemic is not weakening in France, with the national curfew lowering to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Europe is trying to react to Pfizer's announcement on the slowdown in vaccine deliveries in the coming years. weeks.
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France is experiencing a new major restriction on Saturday with the lowering of the curfew to 6 p.m. nationally to roll back the coronavirus.
The epidemic situation remains at a stable level, but remains high.
Only 10% of the 700,000 residents of nursing homes in France have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to information from Europe 1. The American laboratory Pfizer confirmed on Friday that its deliveries of anti-Covid vaccines outside the United States will slow down. January-early February, which will have consequences for the French vaccination campaign.
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The main information to remember:
The curfew is extended to 6 p.m. nationwide starting tonight
Only 10% of the 700,000 nursing home residents vaccinated
Delays in deliveries for the Pfizer vaccine in the coming weeks
833 vaccination centers opened on Friday, Véran announces
69,949 dead in France, the epidemic stable at a high level
More than two million dead in the world
D-day for the 6 p.m. curfew
The national curfew is lowered from 8 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, with many implications for (at least) the next 15 days.
"Except for the exceptions linked to public service missions, all places, businesses or services open to the public will be closed at 6 pm," said the head of government.
Jean Castex also warned: if the health situation were to deteriorate, the government would be forced to carry out a new confinement.
This measure has in any case multiple consequences on all aspects of daily life, weekdays and weekends.
We explain everything in this article.
10% of nursing home residents vaccinated, 833 centers opened
According to figures obtained by Europe 1, only 10% of nursing homes have been vaccinated.
Out of 318,216 people vaccinated, 74,242 are residents of nursing homes, which represents just over 10% of the 700,000 elderly people who live in retirement homes.
The 243,974 other people vaccinated are caregivers over 50 years of age or with comorbidities, but also firefighters, home helpers over 50 or with comorbidities.
Vaccination will be open to people with "one of the six pathologies leading to a very high risk of the severe form of the disease" from Monday, regardless of their age.
On Friday, Olivier Véran announced the opening in the morning of 833 vaccination centers, while the Doctolib site told Europe 1 that "personal data will be protected".
According to the Ministry of Health, more than a million appointments were made for the first and second injections of the vaccine, which therefore represents "500,000 people".
Pfizer vaccine deliveries to EU delayed for "3-4 weeks"
Deliveries to EU countries of planned quantities of Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines will experience delays in the next three to four weeks due to work at the plant where they are manufactured, the ministry said on Friday. German Health.
An announcement which triggered the "serious concern" of the ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Sweden who denounced in a joint letter an "unacceptable" situation prejudicial to the "credibility of the vaccination process".
But Pfizer has assured that the doses expected by the EU in the first quarter will be delivered as planned, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.
We explain the origin and implications of these delays.
The European Commission favors a European "vaccination certificate" ...
On a related subject, Ursula von der Leyen indicated that the European Commission supports the idea of a certificate of vaccination against the coronavirus which is "mutually recognized".
"It is a medical imperative to have a vaccination certificate. It is for this reason that I welcome the initiative of the Greek Prime Minister (Kyriakos Mitsotakis) for a mutually recognized vaccination certificate", he said. she declared.
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... but not the WHO
But the emergency committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was opposed "for the moment" to the establishment of vaccination certificates against Covid-19 as a condition to allow entry into a country to international travelers.
"There are still too many fundamental unknowns in terms of the effectiveness of vaccines to reduce transmission (of the virus) and vaccines are still only available in limited quantities," said the committee in its recommendations, adding that a proof of vaccination should not exempt from other health precautionary measures.
69,949 dead in France, stable indicators at a high level
On the eve of the establishment of a curfew at 6 p.m. throughout the metropolitan area, the coronavirus epidemic remains stable.
This Friday there are 69,949 deaths from the coronavirus, or 636 more over the last 24 hours.
The number of new cases stands at 21,271 for a total of 2.87 million.
Hospital data are up very slightly compared to the last score with 26 hospitalized patients, for a total of 25,043, and 14 intensive care admissions, for 2,740 serious cases in the territory.
More than 2 million deaths, more than 30 million cases in Europe
The pandemic has officially killed two million people worldwide since the end of December, according to an assessment established by AFP on Friday evening.
The United States remains the most bereaved country (389,581 dead), ahead of Brazil (207,095) and India (151,918).
The number of casualties worldwide, however, is globally underestimated.
It is based on daily reports from national health authorities, without including reassessments based on statistical bases.
In Europe, more than 30 million infections have been officially identified, according to an AFP count.
Hope in the face of the pandemic, at least 35.61 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have already been administered worldwide, in at least 58 countries and territories, according to an AFP count from official sources on Friday .