The figures for the pandemic continue to improve in France, with hospitalizations and resuscitations at the lowest since mid-October.
While the threshold of 30 million first-time vaccinated was crossed on Saturday, the campaign widens Monday to 12-17 year olds.
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The health situation continues to improve in France, with hospitalization and resuscitation figures at their lowest since mid-October.
An improvement in particular due to the acceleration of vaccination: the threshold of 30 million French people having received at least one dose was crossed on Saturday.
However, the health authorities are closely monitoring the evolution of cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19, a cluster of which has been detected in Strasbourg.
The G7 agreed on Sunday to distribute more than a billion coronavirus vaccines by the end of 2022 in hopes of eradicating the pandemic.
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The situation continues to improve in France
The figures for hospitalizations and Covid-19 patients treated in intensive care continued to decline on Sunday, to their lowest levels since the fall, according to data from Public Health France.
France had 12,480 people hospitalized because of Covid-19, a figure at the lowest since mid-October.
The decline in the number of patients treated in critical care, for the most serious forms, also continued, with 2,106 patients, a lowest since October 19.
Same scenario for the daily number of new admissions to these services, with only 26 patients.
A traditionally low figure on Sunday, but for which it is necessary to go back to last September 20 (24 patients in intensive care units) to find such a low one.
The country was then at the very beginning of the second wave of the epidemic.
The threshold of 30 million French people having received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine was crossed on Saturday.
For now, the pace remains sustained, with nearly 400,000 first-time vaccines each day and a constant increase in the 50-59 and 60-69 age groups, as well as a "very strong" increase (+6 % since opening at the end of May) among 18-49 year olds, according to the Ministry of Health.
Young people aged 12 to 18 can now be vaccinated
Young people aged 12 to 18 can be vaccinated from Monday.
The High Authority for Health (HAS) had issued a favorable opinion Wednesday on the vaccination of adolescents.
The National Ethics Committee (CCNE), for its part, regretted in the aftermath "that the decisions" concerning the vaccination of young people "were taken so quickly", in a context of the decline of the epidemic.
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Authorized in the European Union from the age of 16, he saw this authorization extended to 12-15 years by the European Medicines Agency on May 28.
The European regulator also began on Tuesday to examine the request for authorization among 12-17 year olds for the Covid vaccine from the American biotech Moderna.
In Strasbourg, a race against time against the Delta variant
The Regional Health Agency (ARS) of the Grand Est on Saturday announced an "immediate action plan" after the detection of a "Delta variant cluster (said Indian)" within the Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin in Strasbourg.
During the weekend, rescuers went to meet the young people.
"I do not know if you know the self-tests? In terms of masks, you have what it takes? And in terms of vaccination, where are you at?" Asked one of them.
200 vaccination slots were reserved on Sunday for those under 30 and for staff in bars and restaurants in the targeted neighborhoods.
The weekend of June 19 and 20, 2,600 doses and slots will still be reserved to amplify this targeted vaccination campaign.
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The G7 pledges to distribute over a billion doses
The G7 has agreed to distribute more than a billion vaccines against the coronavirus by the end of 2022 in the hope of eradicating the pandemic, the British Prime Minister announced on Sunday after the summit of country leaders industrialized in England.
The G7 has also called for a further investigation by the WHO into the origin of the coronavirus in China.
Portugal: the president rules out a return to restrictions
Portugal has been facing an increase in the number of cases for a month, especially in Lisbon, but President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa vehemently ruled out a possible reinstatement of restrictions on Sunday.
"We will not go back. The question is not whether we can or if we must, it will not happen. Not with me," said the head of state, a conservative who has no executive powers but whose influence weighs on the decisions of the socialist government of Antonio Costa.
More than 3.79 million deaths worldwide
The pandemic has killed more than 3,797,342 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources on Sunday at 10 a.m.
After the United States (599,672 dead), the countries recording the highest number of deaths are Brazil (486,272), India (370,384), Mexico (230,095) and Peru (188,443), the latter country deploring the higher death toll in relation to its population.
These figures, which are based on daily reports from national health authorities, are generally underestimated.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than that officially recorded.