It is the end of the holidays, of the holidays and in a few hours, it will be the start of the school year. To find the latest news and the world, dive into this little recap ‘of the news of this first weekend of 2022.
1- The rules are changing for the Covid-19
Omicron is making progress, the number of cases is exploding and the rules are changing. After wearing the mask outdoors in several regions, the mask for those over 6 years old in certain public places, Olivier Véran exposed on Sunday the new isolation rules for contact cases and people with Covid-19. Change in sight also for the sanitary protocol in the schools and the deadline for the booster dose.
2- Lionel Messi tested positive for Covid-19
The panade for PSG. After Neymar injured, Messi contaminated. On Saturday, Paris Saint-Germain announced that they had four Covid-19 positive players in their workforce. This Sunday, we had the names: it is the seven-time Ballon d’Or Lionel Messi, left-back Juan Bernat, reserve goalkeeper Sergio Rico and young midfielder Nathan Bitumazala. All were placed in solitary confinement.
3- Controversial Legion of Honor for Agnès Buzyn
Rain of medals. During the promotion of January 1 of the Legion of Honor, 547 people were distinguished. Among the decorated are Professor Jean-François Delfraissy, president of the Covid-19 Scientific Council, who guides the French government in the face of the pandemic but also former Minister Agnès Buzyn, executive director of the Academy of the World Organization of Health (WHO). The former Minister of Health who resigned in February 2020 was nevertheless indicted in September 2021 by the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR) for “endangering the lives of others” in his management of the Covid-19 epidemic.
4-Bye Bye CSA and Hadopi, hello Arcom
A super-regulator. For the transition to 2022, the digital and audiovisual world will have a new shock supervisor. The merger between the CSA, audiovisual policeman, and Hadopi, an anti-piracy agency, gave birth to Arcom. The new organization, chaired by Roch-Olivier Maistre, will have a busy roadmap, in particular with the fight once morest illegal streaming platforms, the regulation of social networks, the manipulation of information or the dissemination of hateful content as well as the protection of the youngest.
5- Minimum wage, taxes, health … everything that changes on January 1, 2022
As every year, January 1 marks the entry into force of new measures and regulations that will have an impact on the budget of the French. Focus on the good news or the bad news for our finances.
