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08:04 : The discos will remain closed for three additional weeks, announces Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne.
07:28 : Screening tests and celebrations in small groups: Le Parisien / Today in France and The Republican Berry remind us that the New Years Eve of December 31 will, again this year, be disrupted by the Covid-19. The national daily takes stock of the restrictions in force for Friday evening.
(TODAY IN FRANCE)
(THE REPUBLICAN BERRY)
07:11 : US health authorities claim that antigenic tests are less sensitive to Omicron than to previous variants. This means that they are more likely to report a negative result despite an infection (the famous false negatives) if a person is infected with Omicron.
07:02 : In France, nearly 180,000 cases have been identified in the last 24 hours. Daily record also in the United Kingdom, with nearly 130,000 contaminations in England and Wales. In Greece, the number of cases more than doubled compared to Monday. Argentina has also seen a dramatic spread of the virus, with nearly 34,000 confirmed cases in 24 hours.
07:03 : “The overall risk associated with the new variant of concern Omicron remains very high”, because of its contagiousness, estimates the WHO in its weekly epidemiological bulletin. Several countries yesterday recorded new daily records of Covid-19 cases.
6:17 a.m. : And to accompany your coffee, here are the main titles of this morning:
• WHO considers that the risk posed by the Omicron variant worldwide remains “very high”. New contamination records were reached in several countries yesterday, including France. According to Public Health France, 179,807 cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours.
• In an attempt to contain the epidemic, the government did not want to tighten the screws as much as in most European countries. We explain to you the strategy of the executive, which wants to avoid as much as possible unpopular measures four months before the presidential election.
• The bill on the vaccine pass, announced by the government two weeks ago, will be examined today in committee at the National Assembly. The executive hopes for its entry into force within 15 days.
• Four departments are currently on orange “rain-flood” vigilance: Ain, Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie. The latter two are also affected by an orange avalanche alert.