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09:10. The presidential election under a screening tent. Covid-19 and presidential are the two big hot topics of the moment. They concern everyone from near or far and sometimes, one leads to a certain lack of interest of the French towards the other… Unless it is the opposite. Report from often disillusioned people, who tell us, while waiting for a Covid screening test, for whom they will vote on April 10 and 24.
08:50. Will the Coelacanths have to capitulate? In the midst of the African Cup of Nations, twelve players and members of the coaching staff of the Comoros football team tested positive for Covid-19. Among these positive cases are the only two available goalkeepers of the selection, which is due to play in the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations once morest the Cameroonian hosts on Monday, the federation announced on Saturday. New tests will be carried out on Sunday, the selection hoping that some cases have become negative. This is the first participation of the Comoros archipelago in the queen competition of African football.
08:35. Vaccination pass: what the law says. The law transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass was promulgated this Sunday. Gauges, negative tests, masks… Le Parisien has dissected the texts published in the Official Journal and deciphers the content for you in this article.
08:20. The New Zealand Prime Minister is leading by example. Jacinda Ardern announces this Sunday the postponement of her wedding due to new restrictions decided by her government to deal with the resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic and the Omicron variant. “My wedding is not going to happen,” she said, following detailing these new restrictions, including a limit of 100 people, fully vaccinated, for any gathering or event.
“I have just joined many other New Zealanders who have had a similar experience due to the pandemic and I am sorry to anyone who is faced with such a scenario,” she said. added. The emergence of nine cases of contamination with the Omicron variant in the same family having traveled between several cities to go to a wedding, as well as that of a cabin crew on one of the flights that this family took, led the neo-government -Zealanders to impose new restrictions from this Sunday.
08:05. Beijing tracks an entire neighborhood, 12 days before the Olympics. The city of Beijing announces this Sunday that it will screen all the inhabitants of a district following the discovery of an epidemic focus, less than two weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital.
07:45. Covax’s new strategy. The Covax system, which supplies poor countries with anti-Covid vaccines, intends to bring the pandemic to its knees in 2022. It delivered its billionth dose in mid-January, both an achievement and a disappointment: it is much less than what which was originally planned. “In 2022, we can help stop Covid by adapting our way of doing things, ensuring doses are used quickly, injected safely and meet country preferences and coverage goals,” said Seth Berkley. , the head of the Vaccine Alliance during a call for donations launched on January 19.
07:30. An LREM MP intimidated by anti-pass protesters. In Perpignan, deputy Romain Grau was attacked by demonstrators on Saturday in front of his office. He claims to have been punched. Two weeks before, LREM deputy Stéphane Claireaux was attacked outside his home in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.
07:15. D-1 before the vaccination pass. It will not change anything for vaccinated people but it will further constrain those who refuse vaccination: the vaccination pass will come into force on Monday for French people aged 16 and over. Have you recently been contaminated and are afraid of losing your QR code? Do not panic, we summarize everything you need to know in this article.
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