Claimed by health professionals, the self-tests can be sold in pharmacies, from this Monday in France.
While those over 55 are now eligible for vaccination in France, the effectiveness of the British campaign is allowing non-essential businesses to reopen in England.
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The pace of the vaccine campaign against Covid-19 is accelerating in France, where the death toll now stands at 98,750.
As of Monday, all over 55s are eligible for vaccination, while the first doses of Johnson & Johnson serum must be delivered, expanding the list of available vaccines.
Across the Channel, the situation has already improved significantly and England is reopening its "non-essential" businesses, including the famous pubs.
Germany, for its part, has passed the milestone of three million infections.
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All French people over 55 can now be vaccinated
Self-tests can now be sold in pharmacies
England reopens "non-essential" businesses
People over 55 eligible for vaccination in France
All French people aged 55 and over are eligible for vaccination from Monday with AstraZeneca, as the Minister of the Interior Olivier Véran announced on Sunday.
To speed up vaccination, the injection interval for the 2nd dose will also be extended for Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, currently reserved for people over 70 years of age or people with co-morbidities.
The French will also soon be able to receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, delivered to France from Monday and offered, "for consistency and concern for efficiency, to all over 55, without conditions".
The serum, unlike other vaccines previously available, is administered in a single dose.
Will the children be vaccinated?
Will the gradual expansion of the population categories accessible to the vaccine soon reach children?
The question arises, acknowledged the Minister Delegate for Industry, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Sunday on Europe 1. "It is a scenario which is on the table", she indicated, specifying however that no dedicated serum was not yet available.
"They are the subject of specific clinical trials, and specific validations. It's even stricter than adults."
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As early as Friday evening, Pfizer-BioNTech made a request to extend the emergency authorization of its vaccine to adolescents aged 12 to 15 years.
Self-tests (theoretically) available in pharmacies
Self-tests, which allow you to check yourself if you are positive for the disease, thanks to a ready-to-use kit, are officially authorized for sale in pharmacies in France from this Monday, as demanded by many professionals from health.
But in reality, few pharmacies will be able to offer these self-tests for sale, because very few have been able to obtain stocks.
Professionals also deplore the absence of a legal framework, in particular on the selling price, as the president of the Île-de-France pharmacists' order explained to Europe 1.
Christophe Leroy denies having run an underground restaurant
He had not spoken since the start of the controversy.
Suspected of having organized in Paris with the collector Pierre-Jean Chalençon illegal luxury meals, in particular at the Palais Vivienne, the cook Christophe Leroy spoke on BFM-TV, Sunday evening, and assured that he had never run an underground restaurant, but a legal "private club" in his apartment.
"There have never been more than six people at the table," he said.
England reopens its businesses
"Non-essential" businesses like hairdressers, pub terraces and gyms reopen Monday in England, confined since January - other British nations are following their own strategy.
The United Kingdom, the most bereaved country in Europe with more than 127,000 dead, has seen its health situation greatly improve thanks to a successful vaccination campaign.
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Germany crosses three million infections milestone
In Germany, where calls for a new turn of the screw are multiplying, the milestone of 3 million infections has been crossed, according to figures released Monday by the national health watch authority (RKI).
The total number of infections since the start of the pandemic stands at exactly 3.011 million, 13,245 more than the day before, according to the RKI, while the number of deaths stands at 78,452.
Nearly 2.93 million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 2,929,563 people worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the onset of the disease at the end of December 2019, according to AFP's latest report. The United States is the most affected country in terms of both deaths and cases, with 562,060 deaths for 31,194,993 cases. Brazil (353,137 dead), Mexico (209,212), India (169,275) and the United Kingdom (127,080) follow.