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Follow the events of this Sunday live:

8:56 a.m. More than 4 million people expected in Mexico City for the pilgrimage of the Virgin of Guadalupe despite the pandemic. A total of 4.2 million people (up from 11 million in 2019) were expected at the Basilica of Guadalupe in the north of the capital to resume a procession suspended last year. The faithful of the “morenita” must present a “complete vaccination schedule”, which is the case for 65.6 million people, or just over 50% of the 128 million Mexicans according to the latest official figures. They are asked not to come with unvaccinated children or adolescents. They cannot sleep there, nor stay too long inside the sanctuary. Masses are replaced by pre-recorded sermons broadcast from Saturday on YouTube.

8:34. Demonstration in Luxembourg. Several hundred people marched in Luxembourg on Saturday against the anti-Covid measures adopted. The demonstration was under close surveillance by the police who used a water cannon and carried out arrests. The rally, flown over by a helicopter and drones, was strictly supervised by Luxembourg police, supported by reinforcements from neighboring Belgium, after overflows that occurred on Saturday, December 4 during a similar demonstration.

8:17. The vaccination certificate soon required to enter Brazil. A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ruled on Saturday to make the presentation of an anti-Covid 19 vaccination certificate mandatory for travelers arriving in the country, where at least eight cases of Omicron have been confirmed and an influx over large number of tourists is expected for the holiday season. The judge of the Supreme Court Luis Barroso estimated in his judgment that only “travelers considered ineligible for vaccination according to medical criteria”, coming from countries without mass vaccination or for “exceptional humanitarian reasons”, could be put in charge. quarantine.

8:05 am. False vaccination certificate, husband’s complaint … Find here our update on the death at the Garches (Hauts-de-Seine) hospital of Aïcha who had claimed to be vaccinated. It was her husband who finally admitted to caregivers that she had not received any dose. He was himself, but he had “struggled to convince” his wife to take the vaccine. He wants to file a complaint against the fake health pass provider.

7:52 a.m. A thousand people against the health pass in Barcelona. Rallies against the restrictions are rather rare in Spain. But a thousand people demonstrated on Saturday in Barcelona on Saturday. The demonstrators marched in the Catalan capital behind a banner proclaiming in Catalan “Health passport = totalitarian state” or “governments and caregivers = murderers”.

7:35. Olivier Véran: “We are reaching the peak” of the fifth wave. Find here the long interview that the Minister of Health granted to the Parisian, assuring our journalists that despite the record numbers of contaminations due to the Delta variant, no re-containment is on the agenda. However, he recommends restricting his contacts as the holidays approach.

7:32. The figures for hospitalizations in France. Public Health France counted a total of 13,629 people hospitalized on Saturday due to Covid-19. 1,293 new patients have been admitted to a hospital in the last 24 hours and 2,498 patients are currently in intensive care.

7:30 am. Green light in France for preventive treatment. The French health authorities authorize the preventive use of an antibody treatment against Covid-19, in people whose body is resistant to vaccination, provided that they present a high risk of severe form. Evusheld is an antibody treatment synthesis developed by the AstraZeneca laboratory and aims to act before the onset of the disease.

7:25 a.m. Hello and welcome to this live. Here you will follow with us the news of the Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences in France and around the world.