In the News: Great Britain mobilizes against the "Omicron tidal wave"
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A queue outside the Covid-19 vaccination center at St Thomas' Hospital in central London on December 13, 2021 © AFP / TOLGA AKMEN
By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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The worsening health crisis in Britain is making international headlines, from the
Japan Times
to the
Washington Post
, both of which note that the country yesterday announced its "
1st recognized victim of the Omicron variant
". A United Kingdom where "
the number of hospitalizations and deaths will increase dramatically
", worries the German daily
Die Welt,
while
La Repubblica
headlines on "
the 200,000
new cases of infection per day
". The Italian daily underlines with a certain cruelty "
that a few weeks ago, the British lived as if they had magically returned to 2019, before the pandemic
”.
The British press is not more tender with the government of Boris Johnson and its call for "
general mobilization
" to drastically accelerate the campaign for the third dose of vaccine. "
The goal of getting everyone vaccinated by the end of the year is unlikely to be reached,
" the
Times
headlines
. "
The health services are already strained
", also explains the
Guardian
which estimates that it would be necessary either "to
triple the rate of booster vaccination
", or "to
vaccinate more than 1.2 million people per day by now. the end of the year
”to meet government targets. “
A huge challenge
"Which knows"
chaotic beginnings
", argues the
Daily Telegraph
.
Like all the British press, the latter publishes photos of the queues that stretch out in front of the vaccination centers.
Boris Johnson faces his own majority
"
Boris Johnson faces his biggest revolt
", headlines the
Daily Express
, explaining that "
Conservative MPs are furious at the new health restrictions
" that the Prime Minister was to defend this afternoon in Parliament, including "
the port of indoor mask and a compulsory health pass to enter certain establishments
”. So many measures deemed "
liberticidal
", explains for its part the
Financial Times
, which foresees "
a massive rebellion
" of the majority. Already embroiled in a series of scandals over his management of the pandemic, Boris Johnson is now a "
Premier
besieged minister
", analyzes the
Guardian
, which will have to rely on the"
Labor opposition vote
"to get its plan through Parliament.
Immigration: former Danish minister sentenced to two months in prison
Historic decision for this "
first
impeachment trial in 30 years in Denmark
", at the end of which Inger Stojberg was found guilty "
of having failed in her obligations by illegally separating refugee couples in asylum centers
", reports the
Financial Times
, recalling that the former Danish minister who served from 2015 to 2019 is "
infamous for also having authorized
the police to strip refugees of their jewelry and money, and for having celebrated his 50th birthday with a big cake.
anti-immigration measure
”. "
She will be able to benefit from an electronic bracelet, and will not go through the prison box
", seems to regret the
Guardian
, while the
New York Times
specifies that "
the Danish Parliament must now decide if she is still worthy of sitting as a Member of Parliament
".
Kabul murderous strike: no sanction against the US military
Pentagon decision, "
no disciplinary measure will be taken against the soldiers who killed ten civilians including seven
children in Kabul
" in a drone attack at the end of August, "
while the war in Afghanistan was approaching its chaotic end
", underlines the
Washington Post
.
The Pentagon "
recognizes a tragic error, but not criminal negligence,
" explains the
New York Times
, which specifies that the United States has promised "
to pay condolence payments
" to the families of victims, among whom "
a Afghan employee of an American humanitarian organization
”.
Elon Musk named "Personality of the Year" by
Time
The American billionaire, the richest man in the world, "
thus succeeds in this distinction to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
", notes the
Washington Post
, which reports that
Time
wishes to honor "
the man who aspires to save our planet and to get us a new one to live there
”. Elon Musk, 50, who at the head of Space X "
sends tourists into space and from tomorrow future astronauts to the Moon
with NASA
", greets
Le Temps
. A character "
whimsical and divisive
", estimates for its part
Le Soir
which, like the
Washington Post
, recalls "
that it has also aroused contempt over the years, in particular by disseminating false information
about the Covid and by downplaying the risks of the pandemic
”.
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