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4:01 p.m. : Let us add that at this stage, it is not planned to bring forward the school holidays, Franceinfo learned from government sources.
4:00 p.m. : Jean Castex and Olivier Véran should detail these measures, and in particular specify the date of their entry into force, during their joint press conference at 7 p.m.
3:59 p.m. : Level 3 of the health protocol provides for the obligation to wear a mask for students and staff inside and outside. In addition, only low-intensity physical and sports activities compatible with wearing a mask and the rules of distancing are allowed indoors.
3:54 p.m. : The health protocol in primary schools will be upgraded to level 3, franceinfo has learned from government sources.
3:41 p.m. : At the end of the health defense council, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, and the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, will give a press conference at 7 p.m., announces Matignon.
3:40 p.m. : With this announcement, the mayor of New York goes further than Joe Biden who intends to impose vaccination on employees of companies with more than 100 people by January 4. The measure of the American president is however currently suspended by a court decision.
3:36 p.m. : NYC is a global leader when it comes to # COVID19 recovery. We’ve proven that with vaccine mandates and incentives, we can beat this virus. Together we can save lives and move forward. https://t.co/SjxNUla4oJ
3:36 p.m. : In New York, all employees in the private sector will be subject to the vaccine obligation against Covid-19 from December 27. The announcement was made by the mayor of the city Bill de Blasio.
3:33 p.m. : Facing the“influx of patients” and “the rebound in Covid-19 activity”, the Civil Hospices of Lyon (Rhône) launched their white plan. Certain activities could therefore be reprogrammed in order to meet priority needs, reports France 3 Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.
3:14 p.m. : “We have the impression to find ourselves at the time of the American campaigns where Donald Trump braved the virus.”
On franceinfo, infectious disease specialist Christian Rabaud judges that he is “incomprehensible” that the health pass is not compulsory during meetings.
2:58 p.m. : Argentina also announces the detection of a first case of Omicron variant on its soil. The patient is “a 38-year-old (…) who had traveled for professional reasons to South Africa and returned to Argentina on November 30”, said the country’s health ministry.
2:54 p.m. : Russia has detected its first two cases of the Omicron variant, announces the health agency Rospotrebnadzor. It is “two travelers returning from South Africa”. According to the agency, all travelers from South Africa and neighboring countries, where this new variant was detected at the end of November, are tested on their arrival in Russia and placed in dedicated observation points.
13:47 : For lunch break, how about some reading? Here are two contents to find on our site:
• Our journalist Thibaud Le Meneec tells you how the resumption of the epidemic, four months before the presidential election, worries the teams of the various candidates.
• Origin, contagiousness, dangerousness … Franceinfo takes stock of what we know and especially what we still don’t know about the Omicron variant, judged “worrying” by the World Health Organization.
1:30 p.m. : ? It’s official: @covidliste is relaunching its notification service! Register on https://t.co/ouE3TLn6La to receive an appointment proposal for your #VaccinationCovid reminder ? https://t.co / gP6hX9eOHY
13:31 : Faced with the difficulties in finding a niche for a vaccine booster, the Covidliste.com site announces that it is reactivating its alert service. This system allows each registrant to be notified as soon as a dose of vaccine is available around his home.
1:00 p.m. : Many of you in the comments ask us about a possible advance of school holidays to limit the spread of the virus. At this time, we do not know whether such a decision will be taken or not. On the other hand, the hypothesis must at least be mentioned in the health defense council, according to our information.
12h59 : Can there be a decision to bring the Christmas holidays forward?
12h59 : Hello, will the government conclude that the school holidays are advancing?
1:01 p.m. : Hello @Alanxvictor, according to information from franceinfo, the health defense council should not lead to measures such as a new curfew or confinement. This will mainly involve speeding up the vaccination and reducing the time it takes to make an appointment. Immunization of all children aged 5 to 11, and not just those with co-morbidities, is also on the meeting agenda. However, the government should wait for an opinion from the Haute Autorité de santé to take a possible decision on this subject.
12:40 : Hello, what are the avenues favored by the government?
12:34 : Hello @Papidier, the health defense council began around noon at the Elysee Palace, according to information from France Televisions. However, for the moment, I cannot tell you what time it should end and whether a speech is scheduled.
13:49 : What time does the defense council end? At what time will we have the information? Thank you
11:23 : The obligation to wear a mask outside in the most commercial streets also came into force this weekend in Rome, as the Christmas holidays approach.
11:18 am : Faced with a new resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic, new measures come into force today in Italy. Unvaccinated people will no longer be able to go to the movies, the theater, concerts or major sporting events. The basic health pass (which includes negative tests) will also be required for local transport.
10:29 a.m. : Hello @Liloobol, the health defense council must begin around noon, according to information from France Televisions.
10:29 a.m. : Hello France Info. At what time will the defense council be held this morning?
09:58 : The resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic across Europe worries the sports community, while it thought it was done with closed doors, postponements and cancellations. In Portugal, for example, Belenenses’ side were only able to field nine players recently at the kick-off of the game against Benfica, as 17 of their players had tested positive for Covid-19.
(UWE ANSPACH / DPA)
9:46 a.m. : At the time of a new health defense council, “this discourse around childhood vaccination masks the incompetence of health protocol at school “, estimates Gilles Pialoux, head of the infectious and tropical diseases department at Tenon hospital in Paris, this morning on franceinfo. “In this country, we do not screen children. And then, we completely took out the isolated route. We completely took out of the school program information on barrier measures inside the school, ventilation, etc. CO2 sensors. ”
08:42 : For Gilles Pialoux, head of the infectious and tropical diseases department at Tenon hospital in Paris, electoral meetings are “a cluster machine”. “There are just a few pictures with masked people, but you can see, after half an hour, people have the mask under their chin”, he denounces on franceinfo.
08:36 : The fifth wave of the Covid-19 epidemic worries the teams of presidential candidates, four months before the first round of the ballot. “We were making militant pots, but we stopped because of the resumption of the epidemic”, particularly regrets the entourage of Valérie Pécresse, interviewed by our journalist Thibaud Le Meneec.
(VALERY HACHE / AFP)
08:22 : Hello, we will know more at the end of the Health Defense Council today, but the Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, recently spoke on this subject on franceinfo. “Today, we are not going to set an obligation for companies, but I invite employers to promote remote work and to define the rules with employee representatives”, she said on November 26.
08:22 : Hello France Info. If the school holidays are advanced, is there any information on a potential strengthening of teleworking for the parents concerned?
08:09 : The proportion of sick leaves linked to Covid-19 has doubled between 2020 and 2021, according to the annual absenteeism barometer published this morning by Malakoff Humanis. The virus was the cause of 12% of sick leaves this year, up from 6% last year.
07:14 : A decision made “reluctantly, but for the benefit of all”. The mayor of Herlies (North), Bernard Debeer, announced this weekend on Facebook the closure of the only school in his town, after the discovery of several cases of Covid-19. The school is due to reopen in a week.
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6:27 a.m. : The global armaments giants have not suffered at all from the effects of the economic crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2020, the turnover of the 100 largest groups in the defense sector amounted to 531 billion dollars (470 billion euros), a new record.
07:19 : The vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 will also be on the table during the health defense council this morning, but the government will not take a decision on the subject because it is awaiting the opinion of the High Authority of Health (HAS) . The health defense council must at the same time consider the advisability of bringing the school holidays forward.
07:19 : According to information from franceinfo, the health defense council which is being held this morning should not lead to measures such as a new curfew or confinement. The question of new gauges in closed spaces is not on the agenda either. This will mainly involve speeding up the vaccination and reducing the time it takes to make an appointment.