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Sunday marks the second round of municipal elections, interrupted at the end of the first round, last March, following the surge of the wave of coronavirus on France. An electoral test of scale after the crisis, the voters having massively abstained during the first round for fear of the virus. Since then, the trend has been towards epidemic ebb. In total worldwide, the death toll has exceeded 495,000 deaths and the United States has crossed the 2.5 million contamination mark. In Europe, the decision to reopen the borders to safe countries has been postponed. Follow the situation live.
The main information to remember:
- The second round of municipal elections organized under reinforced sanitary conditions
- European Union postpones decision to reopen borders to 14 countries
- The United States passed the 2.5 million new coronavirus contamination threshold on Saturday
The French called to the polls, reinforced sanitary conditions
The second round of municipal elections takes place on Sunday in nearly 5,000 French municipalities, more than three months after the government’s decision, at the very beginning of the coronavirus wave in France, to postpone the poll. It is therefore a first post Covid-19 electoral test, the main issue of which is to bring the French to the polls despite the persistent concern over the health situation in the country. Indeed, for fear of the pandemic, voters massively deserted the first round, causing the participation to collapse to 44.6% (against 63.5% in 2014).
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To avoid any new abstention record, voting will take place under reinforced sanitary conditions. Several rules of the electoral code have therefore been adapted, in particular concerning powers of attorney. Each polling station will also be equipped with a water point with soap or hydroalcoholic gel, and all those present must wear a mask.
29,778 dead in France, worrying situation in Guyana
In the latest report, communicated Friday by the Ministry of Health, France had recorded 26 new deaths in hospitals linked to Covid-19 in 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 29,778. Mortality figures were not updated on Saturday evening.
In Guyana, the circulation of the virus remains "particularly active and worrying", recalled Friday the Directorate General of Health. The three experts sent on the spot by the ministry to "coordinate the device of crisis management, have just finalized their mission", indicated the ministry. "They will report in the coming days", while the second round of municipal elections has been postponed in this ultra-marine territory.
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EU postpones decision to reopen borders to 14 countries
European countries were to vote on a proposed list of fifteen states whose travelers will be admitted to the Union on July 1 (which list excludes the United States and which includes China subject to conditions). In the absence of consensus, the EU finally postpones its decision.
The capitals had until 6 p.m. on Saturday to give an answer, but the Europeans could not agree on this list of countries that their level of contamination with Covid-19 would make it possible to consider as "safe". This would allow their residents to return to Europe in July. The proposed list contains fourteen countries (Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay) to which China is added, on condition of reciprocity. , that is to say on condition that it receives on its soil the travelers coming from the EU, according to a diplomatic source.
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Over 495,000 dead worldwide
The pandemic of the new coronavirus has killed more than 495,000 people worldwide, according to a report established by AFP. Nearly 10 million cases of infection have been officially diagnosed in 196 countries and territories since the start of the epidemic, of which at least 4,806,500 are now considered cured. The United States passed the 2.5 million contamination mark on Saturday, according to the Johns Hopkins University count, while the pandemic seems to be out of control, particularly in the south of the country, already the worst hit in the world.
After the United States (more than 125,200 deaths), the most affected countries are Brazil with almost 56,000 deaths, the United Kingdom with more than 43,500 deaths and Italy with more than 34,700 deaths.