The health situation continues to improve in France, in particular thanks to the vaccination campaign.
But around the world, many poor countries still lack vaccines.
This is why the leaders of the G7 will commit to distributing them a billion doses, announced Thursday the United Kingdom.
In France, the health situation continues to improve day after day, and critical care services had only 2,245 patients on Thursday, the lowest figure since October 22.
Phase 2 of the deconfinement was therefore able to come into force on Wednesday, with in particular the reopening of the bars and restaurants.
The discos, they hope to be able to reopen on June 30 after long months of closure.
If vaccination continues to be carried out at a significant rate, it remains "insufficient" in Europe to prevent a resurgence of the epidemic, warns the WHO.
Poor countries will receive a billion doses from the G7 countries, the United Kingdom announced.
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The G7 will pledge to distribute a billion vaccines to poor countries
Vaccination remains "insufficient" in Europe, warns WHO
In France, the situation at the hospital continues to improve
The G7 will pledge to distribute a billion vaccines to poor countries
G7 leaders will pledge to distribute one billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines to poor countries during their summit which is being held from Friday to Sunday, the United Kingdom, which holds the rotating presidency of the group, announced on Thursday.
The goal is to "end the pandemic" in 2022, said Downing Street, specifying that London would give 100 million excess doses thanks to the progress of its vaccination program.
The United States has for its part already pledged to provide 500 million vaccines, which are counted in the billion doses of the G7.
Vaccination: "insufficient" in Europe, Africa far from the objectives
The level of vaccination in Europe is insufficient to avoid a resurgence of the pandemic, warned the European branch of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, also calling to avoid the "mistake" of the rise in cases during the summer of 2020.
Nearly 90% of African countries will not meet the goal of vaccinating a tenth of their population by September, if they do not urgently receive at least 225 million doses of vaccine, the WHO has also warned. .
The situation continues to improve at the hospital
According to the latest report from Public Health France, the number of people currently in critical care is 2,245 against 2,326 patients on Wednesday.
This figure is at the lowest since October 22.
74 people were admitted to critical care in 24 hours.
The health agency listed 13,090 people hospitalized against 13,526 the day before, with 297 new admissions.
The epidemic has killed 68 people in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 83,870 in hospital and 110,299 in total since the start of the epidemic in March 2020. The number of contaminations has increased. rises to 4,475 confirmed cases in 24 hours.
The positivity rate over the past seven days.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign, 29,444,218 people have received at least one injection and 13,369,751 people have received two injections.
This represents respectively 56.1% and 25.5% of the adult population.
Nightclubs say they are ready to reopen on June 30
The date is not official, but the nightclubs are negotiating with the government on the basis of a reopening on June 30, agreeing to have the health pass or a test be required at the entrance, announced Thursday. two main unions in the sector.
Health pass, gauge, ventilation, wearing a mask: the Union of hotel trades and industries (Umih) and the GNI, employers' union of independent hotel and catering, detailed during a press conference the health protocols for a reopening of discotheques hoped for on June 30, the day of the third phase of deconfinement.
According to the unions, the health pass will be requested at the entrance of establishments, the wearing of a mask will be required indoors "while standing" and a gauge of 65% will be imposed indoors and 85% outdoors in July ( 85% and 100% in August).
Ventilation requirements have also been set.
Professionals want the self-tests at the entrance of establishments to also serve as a key.
Another request: that the wearing of a mask is not required for people who dance and that the gauge be 85% indoors from July.
Brazil: Supreme Court gives green light for Copa America
The Supreme Court of Brazil on Thursday authorized the conduct of the Copa América football in this country, however hard hit by the pandemic, a majority of its judges having rejected the appeals for the cancellation of the tournament.
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After six out of 11 judges voted in favor at an extraordinary session of the court, the highly controversial competition is set to begin on Sunday, with the opener between Brazil and Venezuela in Brasilia.
More than 3.7 million deaths worldwide
The pandemic has killed more than 3,764,250 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources Thursday at 10:00 GMT. After the United States, which has 598,765 dead, the countries with the highest number of deaths are Brazil (482,019), India (359,676), Mexico (229,353) and Peru (187,479).