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The wave never stops rising in France. 332,252 new cases were identified by Public Health France on Wednesday, or 22% more than the 272,000 positive tests recorded the day before. Among them are 7% of teachers in National Education, according to Jean-Michel Blanquer. Over the last seven days, the average is now close to 200,000 positive screenings, carried by traffic at full speed omicron. What to worry about the potential number of long Covid. Good news, however, the number of primary vaccines is on the rise again: 66,000 French people received a first dose of vaccine on Wednesday, the highest since October 1. Our direct.
After the President’s swear words, the government on the grill. The day after the publication of the interview with Parisian in which Emmanuel Macron expressed his desire “To piss off the unvaccinated”, Jean Castex was questioned on multiple occasions on the subject this Wednesday during questions to the government in the Senate, but also to the National Assembly where he went under pressure from opposition deputies who threatened not to resume work, in particular the thorny issue of the vaccination pass. If LREM has defended as best it can to defend the Head of State, this umpteenth little sentence has also widely reacted abroad. Read our analysis.
Violence at the University Hospital of Guadeloupe: “It is only here that we see the director getting hit”. Gérard Cotellon, the director of the Pointe-à-Pitre hospital center, returns to Release on the assault he suffered on Tuesday in front of the establishment and denounces a climate of terror maintained in the hospital by the unions. Saying to receive “Regular death threats in recent months”, the caregiver denounces “A strong feeling of insecurity because of a trade union organization” Who “Cradle of illusion” the demonstrators on the possibility of repealing the vaccination obligation in Guadeloupe. Read our interview here.
Kazakhstan in turmoil. The Central Asian country declared a state of emergency on Wednesday throughout its territory after demonstrations triggered by a rise in gas prices which degenerated into riots, Russian agencies reported. After sacking his government under pressure from thousands of demonstrators, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in the evening asked for help from Russia and its allies to quell the ongoing riots in his country, a work he said “Terrorists” trained abroad.
In Spain, pets are now considered “members of the family”. Animals are no longer “things” or “objects”, but “Sentient beings”. Since Wednesday, the law, passed in December, making cats, dogs and other pets “Full-fledged beings”, officially entered into force in Spain. These now have their own legal status. This small revolution supposes changes in three normative texts, including the civil code. Read our article.
Australian Open: for Djokovic, the explanation or the return by “the first plane”. The world number 1 has obtained permission to participate in the tournament without being vaccinated. An exemption which creates controversy in Australia, while the player is stranded at the airport… for lack of a valid visa. Read our article.
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Should omicron, a very contagious but less “dangerous” variant, be allowed to circulate? The French government, in the wake of the British, has given up controlling the spread of Covid-19, omicron version. Double or quits, according to epidemiologists. To read here.
“Stop white supremacy”: the slogan of Amnesty which makes leap the extreme right. Amnesty International wanted to reiterate its commitment against racism on New Year’s Eve, which provoked the ire of the far right. The Reasons Of The Wrath ? The denunciation of white supremacism. Read our article.
Laurent Joly: “Zemmour’s daring is to revise history in order to weigh politically on the present”. The far-right presidential candidate seeks to trivialize Vichy’s anti-Jewish policy to prepare minds for an exceptional regime against foreigners and Muslims, analyzes the historian who is publishing a new book. Read our interview.
In Montpellier, with bicycle delivery men: “Politicians always support the issues that separate us”. During the presidential campaign, Release questions groups of French people who have chosen not to or no longer vote. Will they reuse their voter card in April? In the Hérault, delivery men feel distant from elected officials. Read our report.
At the Sorbonne, a conference “against woke thought” and “cancel culture”. The two days of debates on January 7 and 8 are part of a deleterious conflict that has lasted for nearly three years between researchers favorable to gender studies or said to be “decolonial” and those who see only the expression of an “identity” withdrawal. The Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, could take part. Read our article.