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  • 328,214 new cases of coronavirus were recorded on Friday in France, a still very high number. 

  • Faced with this high circulation of Covid-19, Parliament is currently studying the transformation of the health pass into a vaccination pass.

    After a rebounding examination in the Assembly, the text will arrive in the Senate on Monday. 

  • It is in this context that several demonstrations of opponents of the pass are planned this Saturday at the call of Florian Philippot, the Patriots' presidential candidate.

    In Paris, it will leave from the Place du Palais Royal to join the Invalides.

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9:50 a.m .: The threshold of 300,000 deaths from Covid-19 passed in Mexico

Which makes it the fifth most affected country in the world.

In absolute terms, the United States is the most bereaved country with 836,241 dead, followed by Brazil (619,822), India (483,178) and Russia (314,604).

Mexico recorded 28,023 new cases on Friday, the second highest figure since the start of the pandemic, for a total of more than four million.

9:50 a.m .: Curfew in Saint-Martin

The Omicron wave does not spare the island of Saint-Martin, in the West Indies.

A night curfew was introduced there from Friday and the health pass made compulsory to try to stem an "exponential increase in contamination" with Covid-19, announced the prefect Serge Gouteyron.

The curfew, from midnight to 5 a.m., will be in effect for at least one month and the presentation of a health pass will now be compulsory in bars and restaurants, including on the terrace.

The number of guests is limited to six per table with a distance of two meters between each table and the sale of alcohol to take away prohibited from 6 p.m.

Greeting ceremonies are prohibited and dance floors prohibited.

"I will align myself with the decisions of the government" of the Dutch part of the island, also specified the prefect during a press conference.

The French part of the island has nearly 35,000 inhabitants.

9.45 a.m .: Djokovic therefore invokes a Covid-19 infection

World tennis number one Novak Djokovic was granted a Covid-19 vaccination exemption because he contracted the virus in December, his lawyers said in a document filed in court on Saturday.

“The date of the first positive Covid PCR test was recorded on December 16, 2021,” they said in this document which seeks to overturn the rejection of his entry visa to Australia.

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Hello everyone !

Let's go for a new topical day on the front lines of the Covid-19 epidemic.

And we will make you travel, between Australia where the Djokovic-gate continues, Saint-Martin where a curfew has been established and Mexico which records a record number of contaminations ...

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