High school and college students returned to school on Monday, while France lifted the 10 km limit for travel around home as part of the first stage of deconfinement. Australia retracted Tuesday on its threat to imprison Australians who try to flee India, ravaged by the pandemic. Follow the evolution of the situation live.
A week after the kindergarten and primary students, the high school and college students returned to their establishment on Monday, in half-gauge for some.
Started since Monday, this first stage of progressive deconfinement in France also marks the end of traffic restrictions beyond 10 km, as well as certificates.
The curfew at 7 p.m. remains in effect.
Resuscitations due to Covid-19 were also on the rise during the last assessment.
For its part, Denmark has given up using Johnson & Johnson's vaccine because of possible serious side effects.
Follow the evolution of the situation live.
The main information to remember:
Middle school and high school students returned to class on Monday
Invited from Europe 1, Jean-Michel Blanquer said he was opposed to a "100% continuous control" bac
Travel more than 10 km from home is again authorized
105,130 dead in France according to the latest assessment, resuscitation on the rise
Denmark waives Johnson & Johnson vaccine over possible serious side effects
Deconfinement has started in France, no continuous "full" control at the bac
The constraints linked to the Covid-19 epidemic began to loosen on Monday in France.
The middle and high school students were thus able to find their way back to school.
The high school students will evolve in half-gauge, with an alternation of face-to-face and distance classes.
The college students have made their return to school, except the students of 4th and 3rd of the fifteen departments most affected by the pandemic, who also made their return to half-gauge.
Monday also marked the end of restrictions on movement more than 10km from home.
The curfew at 7 p.m. remains in force and will be pushed back to 9 p.m. on May 19, the date scheduled for the reopening of shops, terraces, museums, cinemas and theaters with limited gauges.
"I remain open on the possible arrangements, but I still want that we do not go to full continuous monitoring," said Monday on Europe 1 the Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, about the 2021 edition of the baccalaureate.
Other arrangements should be decided "so as not to trap the students," he said.
The minister also recalled that the families of high school students had "the right to refuse" the self-tests deployed in the establishments from next week.
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Resuscitation slightly increasing according to the latest report
The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units, stable on Sunday, increased slightly on Monday and exceeded 5,600 patients, according to figures from Public Health France.
Critical care services (which combine resuscitation, intensive care and continuous monitoring) had 5,630 patients on Monday, including 386 admitted in the past 24 hours, against 5,585 on Sunday.
The total of Covid patients in the hospital was also up slightly, to 28,950, against 28,818 the day before, with 1,495 new hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.
A total of 311 people have died from the coronavirus in hospital in the last 24 hours, against 113 the day before, bringing the toll to 105,130 dead in France.
In 24 hours, the number of new confirmed positive cases is 3,760, a figure still lower on Monday after the weekend when fewer tests are carried out.
Two million AstraZeneca vaccines are due to arrive in France this week.
In total, during the month of May, 45 million doses, all vaccines combined, must be received.
According to the government, the objectives of 20 million first-time vaccinated on May 15 and 30 million on June 15 will be met.
SNCF is selling 5 million tickets for less than 39 euros
The SNCF launched its summer collection on Monday: 5 million tickets at less than 39 euros on 3,000 destinations.
These prices are valid for two weeks only and they are intended to fill the trains for the months of July and August, a few days after the announcements of progressive deconfinement by the President of the Republic.
These 5 million tickets represent a quarter of the sales expected for the summer.
And the SNCF wants to attract as many travelers as in July-August 2020, i.e. 20 million people.
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Denmark has given up on Johnson & Johnson vaccine
The first country in Europe to abandon AstraZeneca's vaccine against Covid-19 in April, Denmark announced on Monday that it would also do away with that of Johnson & Johnson because of possible serious side effects, despite the green lights of the European regulator and WHO to use it.
"The Danish National Health Authority has concluded that the benefits of using Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine do not outweigh the risk of causing a possible side effect, VITT (a very rare type serum injection thrombosis), in people receiving the vaccine. "
Brussels wants to allow travelers from vaccinated third countries to come to the EU
With the approach of the summer holidays, the European Commission proposed Monday to allow entry into the EU to travelers from third countries who have received the necessary doses of anti-Covid vaccines authorized at European level, according to a press release. .
"The Commission proposes (to the Member States) to allow entry into the EU for non-essential reasons, not only to people coming from countries with a good epidemiological situation, but also to people who have received the last recommended dose of 'a vaccine authorized in the EU,' says the text.
Australia reconsiders threat to jail Australians from India, Florida restrictions lifted
In
Australia
, the Prime Minister returned on Tuesday to his threat to imprison Australians who would try to flee India, ravaged by the pandemic. "I think the probability of that happening is close to zero," Scott Morrison said during a media campaign. Australia had also warned its fellow citizens on Saturday returning from India via stop-over flights that they risked five years in prison.
In the
United States
, the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, announced Monday the lifting of all restrictions related to the pandemic in his state, highlighting the effectiveness of the vaccine campaign. Nearly 9 of the 23 million inhabitants of his state have now received at least a first dose of vaccine. The time is also for relaxation in New York: its governor, Andrew Cuomo, announced Monday the imminent resumption of the opening of the New York subway 24 hours a day. And from May 19, the gauges in restaurants, cinemas, shops and museums will also be revised upwards, said the governor.
Meanwhile, in
Brazil
, the second most affected country in the world after India, vaccine delivery has been delayed.
And in seven major Brazilian cities, including Porto Alegre, injections of the second dose of the Chinese CoronaVac vaccine have been suspended for lack of doses.
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More than 3.2 million deaths worldwide
The pandemic has killed at least 3,203,937 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources on Monday.
The United States is the country with the most deaths (577,489), ahead of Brazil (408,622), Mexico (217,233), India (218,859) and the United Kingdom (127,538).