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China, Japan, Brazil, Italy: what about Covid-19?
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In Beijing, in January 2022 (illustration image).
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By: Stéphane Lagarde Follow |
Anne Le Nir Follow |
Martin-Bernard |
Bruno Duval
1 min
The information fell this week: the French health authorities recommend a new booster vaccine against the coronavirus for fragile people, in the fall.
In terms of contamination and hospitalizations, the figures are down in France, even if the fear of a resurgence after the summer is very present.
What about China, Japan, Brazil and Italy?
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► Beijing is taking new measures to encourage people to get vaccinated.
► Japan is very slowly reopening its borders to tourists, with significant restrictions.
► Jair Bolsonaro's Brazil is the most bereaved country in the world by Covid-19.
But after the trauma, life gradually regains its rights.
► The virus is still circulating in Italy but with a low intensity.
Sanitary measures have been reduced.
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