Covid-19: mobilization down against the vaccine pass, 30,000 throughout France according to the government

The events of Saturday January 29

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20 hours. Declining mobilization: 30,000 demonstrators throughout France. The Ministry of the Interior estimated the number of demonstrators throughout France at some 30,000, in 162 rallies, a drop from the previous Saturday which had mobilized around 38,000 people for 171 actions throughout the territory. The demonstrators were 5,300 in Paris, spread over four rallies (against 5,200 and 3 rallies seven days ago), still according to the ministry.

7:20 p.m. 332,000 new confirmed cases in 24 hours. The latest data from Public Health France confirm the drop in contamination in France, where 332,398 new positive cases were confirmed in 24 hours this Saturday, against 389,320 a week ago. 345,401 positive cases have thus been identified each day (on average) over the past week, which constitutes a fourth consecutive day of decline.

6:45 p.m. Reinforced control of the vaccination booster among caregivers. From this Sunday, caregivers must have received their booster dose (if they are eligible for it) so as not to risk suspension. A statement from the Directorate General of Health details the control procedures.

6:30 p.m. Quebec, this hell for the unvaccinated. Since the beginning of January, faced with an Omicron variant that threatens its hospital system, Quebec has decided to tighten the screw against people who are not vaccinated against Covid-19. Explanations.

6:20 p.m. 31,282 patients diagnosed with Covid-19 in hospital. In detail, 18,546 people are hospitalized in conventional care (+10% in one week), 8,167 in follow-up and rehabilitation care (+17%) and 3,634 in critical care (-3%), where the drop continues. 935 people are also hospitalized elsewhere (psychiatry, dedicated services).

5:55 p.m. Why are vaccination centers deserted? The ministry and specialists put forward various explanations for this drop in attendance, in particular the fact that some 500,000 people are infected with Covid-19 every day. Decryption.

5:45 p.m. The incidence rate down for the second consecutive day. It reached 3,710 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in France over the period from January 20 to 26. The positivity rate continues to increase, reaching 33.3%.

5:25 p.m. Truckers demonstrate against sanitary measures in Canada. Canadian flags, "Freedom" signs and slogans against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau... Thousands of people and hundreds of trucks are currently converging on Ottawa for a big demonstration.

5:05 p.m. "There is no one" in the vaccination centers. A worrying situation, while the Ministry of Health estimates at 3 million the number of French people likely to lose their vaccination pass on February 15. Report in the north of Paris.

4:35 p.m. Other events in Lille, Strasbourg, Nice. Several processions gathered opponents of the vaccination pass throughout France. In Lille, a demonstration brought together some 250 people, according to the prefecture, while around 650 people, still according to the prefecture, demonstrated calmly in the Alsatian city center. In Nice, the procession brought together 900 people, again according to local authorities.

4:10 p.m. Vaccination pass, school, wearing a mask, discos... Our answers to your questions. While the vaccine pass came into effect on Monday, the government has planned to ease health restrictions from Wednesday February 2. Le Parisien takes the time to answer any questions you may have.

3:30 p.m. Case record in Japan. Japan has just registered more than 84,900 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, a record for the fifth day in a row, reports the news agency Kyodo News. This figure has more than tripled in just two weeks.

3:15 p.m. Anti-pass protesters in custody after an MP's assault. Three men have just been detained after the attack on LREM deputy Romain Grau last Saturday in Perpignan, by people demonstrating against the health pass. They will be tried on Monday for violence without temporary incapacity for work (ITT) on a person responsible for a public service mission on the sidelines of a demonstration, threat to an elected official and contempt.

15 hours. Several processions gathered in Paris to demonstrate against the vaccination pass. One of them has to go in front of the Pfizer headquarters.

2:22 p.m. Myriad of small mobilizations against the vaccine pass in the North West. About 160 people brandish signs and slogans in Lannion (Côtes-d'Armor), 40 in Morlaix (Finistère), according to the Telegram.

12:20 p.m. Further relief in Austria. The restrictions in force in Austria will be partially eased from next week. From Saturday February 5, restaurants, for example, will be able to close at midnight. Gatherings, limited to 25 people, may include up to 50 participants.

11:42 a.m. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is self-isolating until Tuesday after close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

11:40 a.m. Ukraine registers 37,351 cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. A record, the day before, 34,408 cases were detected.

11:37 a.m. Contact tracing adapts to Omicron. Faced with the outbreak of contamination, the Health Insurance no longer contacts by telephone a small part of positive cases and puts more on the responsibility of the inhabitants.

10:09 a.m. 189,166 new contaminations in 24 hours in Germany. The Robert Koch Institute, the government entity for the control of infectious diseases indicates via its website that in the last 24 hours 189,166 positives and 182 deaths have been recorded.

10:06. 113,122 cases of Covid-19 in Russia, new record. Russian health authorities have been recording a large number of new infections for several weeks and have totaled 668 new deaths in the past 24 hours.

9:56. “A massive reinvestment plan” for Sanofi. Jean Castex will announce new investments for the French industrialist next month. Friday the Prime Minister regretted that there could not have been vaccines against Covid-19 produced in France.

“All French people (…) have been traumatized by this affair, like me: it is the lowering of resources for 30 years on innovation in health research that has resulted in the fact that we do not make a French vaccine. … that is no longer possible, ”he said during an impromptu conversation with two department heads of the new hospital in Obernai, in the Bas-Rhin.

9:25 a.m. Update on the mobilization against the vaccination pass. New demonstrations are planned all over France. In Paris, a parade led by Florian Philippot, the Patriots' presidential candidate will head towards the Ministry of Health this afternoon. Other gatherings of Yellow Vests obedience are also announced.

Saturday January 22, around 40,000 people demonstrated against the health pass according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior. A sharp drop compared to the previous Saturday, 54,000 people thus opposed the transformation of the health pass into a vaccination pass and the constraints which weigh on the non-vaccinated.

8:52. Australian doctors in the Solomon Islands. A team of Australian doctors has arrived in the Solomon Islands to help authorities tackle a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases, virtually absent from this Pacific archipelago until last week.

8:46. Kanye West will have to be vaccinated to sing in Australia, announces the Prime Minister of the Country. The hip-hop artist was planning a tour of Australia for the month of March. Two weeks ago, Australia expelled tennis player Novak Djokovic, unvaccinated.

8:44 a.m. Five-day decline in Spain. For the fifth consecutive day, the incidence is decreasing. It is at 3,078, with 118,922 new contaminations in the last 24 hours.

8:39. Protests in Canada. Several hundred Canadian truckers converge on Ottawa to demonstrate their opposition to compulsory vaccination to cross the border with the United States.

8:36. Five members of the Canadian delegation to the 2022 Olympics tested positive. "Currently, five of the 246 members of the Team Canada delegation to (Beijing) are subject to the protocols of the Covid-19," said the Canadian Olympic Committee in a press release, without specifying whether they are athletes, of coaches and supervisors.

8:03 a.m. The majority of hospital deaths are now linked to Omicron. Omicron causes fewer serious forms, but contaminates many people. Delta is less and less active. Result, Omicron is now responsible for a majority of deaths, according to the weekly report of Public Health France of January 27.

7:56. Sunday vaccination by pharmacists extended. "In view of the circulation of the epidemic", pharmacists will be able to continue to open on Sundays to test and vaccinate, according to a decree published in the Official Journal. New deadline: March 31.

7:34 a.m. Mixed reception for Novavax in the Overseas Territories. Emmanuel Macron's announcement to deliver the Novavax vaccine to overseas territories as a priority does not seem to appease opposition to vaccination and the social crisis.

Novavax, without messenger RNA, "it does not change anything", reacts to AFP Guy Frédéric, president in Guyana of the association Health-respect for all, strongly mobilized against the vaccination obligation in this department where 60% of over twelve years old are not or not completely vaccinated.

7:33 a.m. Vaccination pass in French Polynesia. The vaccination pass will be extended to French Polynesia from February 8 for all people aged 16 and over, according to a decree from the High Commissioner of the Republic published in the Official Journal in this overseas community.

7:29. Joni Mitchell leaves Spotify, to fight against false information. The country singer announced on Friday that she was removing her music from Spotify due to Covid-19 "lies" leaked on the streaming platform, as Neil Young had done shortly before.

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