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– 9 am: “No question of gauge” for cultural places, declares Roselyne Bachelot
Roselyne Bachelot is the guest of BFM this Friday, December 10. She said that “for the moment, there is no question of gauge” in cultural places.
She added that she had even obtained that “the 75% gauge in standing concerts be abolished”.
– 8 am: “We are approaching the peak of last year”, declares Gabriel Attal
Government spokesman Gabriel Attal is invited this Friday, December 10 on RTL. He announced: “We are mobilizing in all directions so that the French find a niche. We will add 8 million meeting slots by the beginning of January.”
“We have passed the peak of the 4th wave, the 3rd wave and we are approaching the peak of the 2nd wave that we experienced a year ago,” he added.
– 7 a.m .: Covax program needs rules to avoid WHO vaccine adviser reserves
The Covax program for global access to a vaccine against Covid-19 needs to introduce additional rules to prevent developed countries or those producing the vaccines from building up reserves, said Friday, December 10 an adviser from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Covax, led by the WHO and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), suffered as advanced economies used their purchasing capacities to guide vaccine deliveries, while producing countries preferred to prioritize national needs, explained Bruce Aylward, adviser to the WHO Director-General.
“You cannot vaccinate part of the world and keep the less developed countries waiting,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the G20 financial side meetings in Bali.
Bruce Aylward called on vaccine makers to be more transparent.
“Manufacturers must indicate how many doses of the vaccine are sent, to whom, where and when. If we don’t have this information, we cannot predict correctly,” he added.
“While it has been said that (Omicron) doesn’t cause a lot of deaths, we don’t know,” said Bruce Aylward. “It’s a new variant and there isn’t a lot of sequencing giving us any clues as to its severity.”
– 6 a.m .: Australia to vaccinate children aged 5 to 11
Australia will begin vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against Covid-19 from January 10, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Friday, December 10.
The move comes as Australia seeks to speed up its vaccine booster campaign.
About 70% of children aged 12 to 15 are already fully immunized.
Canberra has chosen the vaccine developed by Pfizer for the vaccination of children. A decision by Australian regulatory authorities regarding a possible use of Moderna’s vaccine is expected in the coming weeks.
