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China, Japan, Brazil, Italy: what about Covid-19?

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In Beijing, in January 2022 (illustration image).

© AP/Mark Schiefelbein

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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