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3:26 p.m. : The British government today announced the introduction of the obligation to be vaccinated against Covid-19 for caregivers in the public health service in England from April 1.
2:02 p.m. : It’s time to take stock of the news:
• Poland is worried about an escalation on its border with Belarus, where thousands of migrants are massed. The European Union has suspended arrangements to facilitate the issuance of visas for officials of the Belarusian regime, in response to “the hybrid attack” launched by Minsk, accused of organizing an influx of migrants to the borders of the EU.
• Thomas Pesquet returned to Earth after a six-month stay in orbit on the International Space Station. The French astronaut returned with the other members of the Crew-2 mission, the Japanese Akihiko Hoshide and the Americans Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur.
• A telephone and headphones with “traces of blood” were found this morning, according to information sent by a source close to the investigation to the police-justice service of France Televisions.
• For the 9th time since the start of the health crisis, Emmanuel Macron solemnly addresses the French at 8 p.m. to promote the vaccine booster in the face of the epidemic’s rebound and to discuss the priorities for the end of the five-year term.
11:00 : On the other hand, the question remains open on the extension of this target audience, to over 55s, for example. Emmanuel Macron should also not announce a third mandatory dose for caregivers, nor the opening of vaccination for children under 12.
11:01 am : On the other hand, according to government sources, this should not concern people suffering from comorbidities because of the technical difficulty, but also ethical, to list the pathologies and to make them a condition.
11:01 am : After his last speech on July 12, President Emmanuel Macron will speak again this evening at 8 p.m. According to information from franceinfo, the president could condition the health pass on the injection of a third dose for the populations currently concerned, that is to say those over 65 years of age.
09:47 : The city of Heihe (pronounced “Ré-reu”), a Chinese city located on the Russian border, offers 100,000 yuan (approximately 13,500 euros) as a reward for any information on the origin of the outbreak of new cases of Covid -19. Local authorities are particularly concerned about a risk of transmission of the virus from Russia by cross-border smugglers, poachers or fishermen.
(Wang Jianwei / Xinhua via AFP)
11:56 a.m. : It’s time to take stock of the news:
• Poland is worried about an escalation on its border with Belarus, where thousands of migrants are massed. Westerners denounce a tactic “unacceptable” from Minsk.
• Thomas Pesquet returned to Earth after a six-month stay in orbit on the International Space Station. The French astronaut returned with the other members of the Crew-2 mission, the Japanese Akihiko Hoshide and the Americans Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur.
• France solemnly restores to Benin 26 works from the royal treasures of Abomey looted in the 19th century by colonial troops, a “historic moment of national pride” for the Beninese authorities.
For the 9th time since the start of the health crisis, Emmanuel Macron solemnly addresses the French at 8 p.m. to promote the vaccine booster in the face of the rebound of the epidemic and discuss the priorities for the end of the five-year term.
08:11 : A year later, the concept of gene doping entered the list of prohibited substances and methods. “When methods and substances are prohibited, we develop anti-doping methods”, continues the director.
(MAXPP)
08:47 : Could synthetic messenger RNA become the next vein for doped athletes? The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) began to look into the subject in 2002. “At the time, the experts alerted us by saying: ‘Be careful, these are technologies that are developing very quickly for the purposes of gene therapy. (…) One day there will be therapeutic tools based on nucleic acids’ “, explains the science and medicine director of the agency to franceinfo sport.
(Henri Lauriano / franceinfosport)
07:53 : A few hours before Emmanuel Macron’s speech, Doctolib announces a “new record day with 98,000 French people having made their vaccination booster appointment on Doctolib” yesterday. That’s twice the average for the past seven days, according to the platform.
07:21 : The Covid-19 pandemic has “revived” anti-Semitic speeches and resulted in “new myths and conspiracy theories blaming the Jews” for the current health crisis, according to a report by the European Agency for Fundamental Rights, which is based on official statistics and data from civil organizations.
07:28 : We take stock of the news:
• After six months in space, Thomas Pesquet landed off Florida. The 43-year-old astronaut spent some 200 days in zero gravity. You can follow our special live.
• The Catholic bishops of France have decided to set up a compensation system for victims of child crime in the Church, in particular “by divesting itself of real estate”.
• The National Assembly voted in first reading the appropriations for France 2030 investment plan, by adopting “the most expensive amendment of the Fifth Republic”, 34 billion euros, of which 3.5 billion from 2022.
For the 9th time since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, Emmanuel Macron will address the French this evening at 8 p.m. to promote the vaccine booster in the face of the rebound of the epidemic and discuss the priorities of the end of the five-year term.