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In Paris, restaurants threatened by the absence of tourists – Liberation
Fifth wave, third dose, omicron variant, epidemic assessment, new treatments … Find the latest information on the health crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In summary :
– The number of contaminations reaches a record in France. More than 90,000 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded Thursday over the twenty-four hours, a level not reached since the start of the pandemic.
– In Europe, restrictions are multiplying: theaters close from Sunday in Belgium while the outside mask is back in Spain and Italy.
– In the United States, Merck’s anti-Covid pill received emergency authorization from health authorities on Thursday. The day before, it was Pfizer’s that was approved.
9:57 a.m.
Parisian restaurants threatened by the absence of tourists. Attendance at restaurants in the capital fell by 30% compared to December 2019, according to the Union of Trades and Hospitality Industry (Umih), as reported on Friday France-Blue. A shortfall linked, according to Umih, to the lack of tourists in the capital, especially British, with the tightening of entry conditions on French soil. What to fear many bankruptcies in the sector.
9:28
New York is downsizing for the New Year. Faced with the surge in contamination across the Atlantic, the traditional New Year’s party in Times Square will take place with reduced mandatory capacities and with a mask, announces New York City Hall Bill de Blasio. 5,000 spectators can be accommodated in the reserved spaces, compared to the usual 58,000. This Wednesday, 71 people died from Covid-19 At New York.
9:06 am
Boris Johnson calls for vaccination. In his Christmas message, which is due to be released this Friday, but the contents of which have been partly revealed, the British Prime Minister is urging Britons to get vaccinated. “After two years of pandemic I can’t say we are out“, Declares Boris Johnson, while estimating that”for millions of families across countries, I hope and believe this Christmas is, and will be, significantly better than the last“. He especially invites his fellow citizens to do “first” dose, “second” or reminder. In the UK, omicron is causing a surge in new, record-breaking cases with 96,010 cases listed this Friday.
