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10:15 am: Mont Valérien degraded by an anti-health pass inscription

Mont Valérien, monument in memory of resistance fighters and French fighters of the Second World War, was vandalized in the night from Sunday to Monday by an inscription “Anti Pass”, with the two “s” drawn to resemble the acronym ” SS ”. This inscription on the Memorial to Fighting France, inaugurated by General de Gaulle in 1960 in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine), is 50 meters long, police said. It was discovered early Monday morning. In a tweet, Geneviève Darrieussecq, Minister for Memory and Veterans Affairs, announced her intention to file a complaint.

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9:04 am: “The sixth wave will arrive in January with the Omicron variant”

Today “we have a stabilization of the circulation of the virus but we have not said a word about the sixth wave which will arrive in January with the Omicron variant”, declared this Monday morning at the microphone of RTL Martin Hirsch, general manager of the AP-HP.

“Yes, we fear this sixth wave and what we can see in the United Kingdom is worrying,” said epidemiologist Pascal Crépey on BFMTV.

8:39 am: “We will cover all the fixed costs, including the salaries of the managers” for the discotheques

“We will put in place this week a dedicated team so that aid arrives quickly for the discotheques”, closed for four weeks, “we will take care of all the fixed costs including the salaries of the managers”, underlined this Monday morning the Minister of the ‘Economy Bruno Le Maire on BFMTV.

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8:35 am: “We are out of whatever the cost”

“Whatever the cost corresponded to a period when it was necessary to protect massively. We got out of whatever it takes. We do it on a case-by-case basis, sector by sector, ”Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday morning on BFMTV.

7:39 am: Nicaragua receives Chinese vaccines

Nicaragua received 200,000 doses of Chinese Sinopharm’s anti-Covid vaccine on Sunday, three days after Managua severed relations with Taiwan and re-established them with Beijing, drawing criticism from the United States. Another 800,000 doses of Sinopharm are expected to arrive in the coming days.

Mask waste helps spread virus, study finds

A study from the University of Portsmouth, England, warns about waste from surgical masks in public spaces. According to researchers, this can help spread the virus. “During the first hours and days, the masks constitute a potential viral vector of Covid-19 if they have been used by an infected person”, notes the study, which adds that the abandonment of a mask in the street can also have a domino effect and encourage other people to do the same.

7:08 am: A nurse from Béziers prosecuted for providing a false vaccination certificate

The prosecutor’s office in Béziers (Hérault) has decided to prosecute a 55-year-old nurse and a 34-year-old National Education agent for fraud reports France Bleu. The nurse had provided him with a false certificate of vaccination. They have been placed under judicial supervision pending trial next February.

7:02 am: Thousands of demonstrators in Austria

Thousands of demonstrators descended on several cities in Austria on Sunday to protest against the compulsory vaccination project and the anti-Covid restrictions, while the lockdown was lifted today for those vaccinated but remains in force for those who have not. not received an injection. The mobilization was strongest in Graz (in the south), where the police counted some 17,000 people. In the west of the country, there were 9,000 in Bregenz, 6,000 in Innsbruck and 4,500 in Salzburg.


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6:26 am: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa positive

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and started treatment, suffering from mild symptoms of the disease. For the moment, no information has been communicated specifying whether it had been contaminated with the new Omicron variant.

6:15 am: Vaccines arguably less effective against Omicron according to WHO

The Omicron variant appears to spread faster than the Delta variant, causing less severe symptoms and making vaccines less effective, the WHO said on Sunday, stressing that the data remains very patchy. Omicron is now present in 63 countries, according to the organization.

14.49 million French people received a booster dose

In total, 14.49 million French people received a booster dose, according to Public Health France.

In addition, since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 52.28 million people have received at least one injection (i.e. 77.6% of the total population1) and 51.21 million now have a complete vaccination schedule (76 %).

5:49 am: “An Omicron tidal wave is coming”, warns Boris Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Sunday evening a strong acceleration of the vaccine booster campaign to try to counter the Omicron variant. “No one should doubt it: there is an Omicron tidal wave coming, and I fear it is now clear that two doses of vaccine are not enough to provide the level of protection we all have. need, ”he said in a televised address.

He announced that everyone over 18 in England could receive a third dose of the vaccine by the end of December, a month earlier than originally planned.

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5:47 am: More than 14,000 hospitalized patients and an incidence rate at the highest level

French hospitals are welcoming more and more patients with Covid-19, a total of 14,050 currently, according to figures from Public Health France. Critical care services, which treat the most serious cases (including resuscitation) take care of 2,602 patients (+176 in 24 hours), a number higher than that listed at the top of the wave this summer.

501.3

The incidence rate in France exceeds 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (exactly 501.3) and returns to the peak of the second wave, which was none other than the highest level since the start of the pandemic.

What to remember from Sunday

  • Four hundred investigations have been opened to dismantle networks of fake health passes, of which “several thousand” have been detected in France, said Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.
  • “We are reaching the peak” of the fifth wave underlined Olivier Véran, the Minister of Health, in an interview with Le Parisien.
  • “Addressing the Omicron wave that is looming by targeting the weakest circulation of the virus is crucial,” explained epidemiologist Antoine Flahault fearing that contaminations would not drop enough after the 5th wave due to the Delta variant.
  • France has authorized the preventive use of “Evusheld”, an antibody treatment against Covid-19, in people whose bodies are resistant to vaccination.
  • “A tidal wave is coming” said Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, in reference to the release of the Omicron variant.

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