Paris (AFP)
New measures, new reports and highlights: an update on the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.
- France: school resumes smoothly -
After three weeks of closure of all schools to fight against the Covid-19 epidemic, primary and nursery schools reopened Monday in France, according to a strict health protocol.
Middle school and high school students for their part resume remotely until May 3, when they can return to their establishments.
- Italy opens up -
Bars, restaurants, cinemas and theaters partially reopened Monday in Italy, the peninsula thus hoping to regain a semblance of normality after months of alternation between drastic closures and timid openings.
A large majority of the twenty regions are now classified in yellow, the lowest level of risk in the face of the pandemic.
Bars and restaurants are allowed to serve on the terrace, and also in the evening, for the first time in six months, although the curfew starting at 10 p.m. is still in effect.
- Americans in Europe -
Tourists from the United States will be allowed to visit the European Union in the coming months, provided they are vaccinated against Covid-19, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday in an interview with New York Times.
The president of the European Commission did not reveal a precise timetable, but the daily indicated that the new rules could be put in place as early as this summer, as vaccinations intensify around the world.
- Restrictions in Thailand -
Thailand put new restrictions in place on Monday in an attempt to curb an unprecedented wave of Covid-19 epidemic in its territory, which now has a total of 57,500 cases compared to only 29,000 in early April and recorded the death of 11 people on Sunday, a daily record since the start of the crisis.
Masks are now compulsory in public places in Bangkok where authorities have closed cinemas, swimming pools and sports halls, after last week ordering the closure of schools, bars and nightclubs and banning restaurants from serving food. the alcohol.
- Containment in Fiji -
A fourteen-day lockdown of the capital of Fiji, Suva, came into force on Monday in an attempt to curb the appearance of Covid-19 cases following a burial which resulted in an epidemic focus.
The approximately 100,000 residents of this city and its suburbs are required to stay at home and non-essential businesses are closed after the discovery of the first local cases of coronavirus in 12 months.
- National vaccine in Kazakhstan -
Kazakhstan launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign on Monday with the injection developed by this Central Asian country, called QazVac, currently in phase III clinical trials.
According to state television, 50,000 doses of the two-dose vaccine developed by the State Institute for Biosafety Research have been distributed across Kazakhstan.
- Party canceled in Spain -
The San Fermin celebrations in Pamplona, in northern Spain, whose bull releases usually attract tourists from all over the world, are canceled for the second year in a row due to the pandemic, the mayor of the city announced on Monday. city.
- Over three million deaths in total
The Covid-19 pandemic has killed at least 3,109,991 people around the world, according to a report established by AFP from official sources on Monday at 10:00 GMT.
The United States is the country with the highest death toll with 572,200 deaths, followed by Brazil (390,797), Mexico (214,947), India (195,123) and the United Kingdom (127,428).
These figures are globally underestimated.
They are based on daily reports from national health authorities, without including reassessments based on statistical bases.
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