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Bruno Le Maire announces 20 billion euros for companies
The Minister of the Economy announced that he had released 20 billion euros for companies’ equity: ” We have, and I have personally, heard criticism from a number of economists who said that these equity loans were insufficient, the replenishment of equity had to be stronger. And so we have now set as an ambition 20 billion euros of outstanding participatory loans for the reconstitution of companies’ equity. “.
Unicef wants more than a billion syringes for future vaccines against Covid-19
Unicef is already planning to store billions of syringes in order to launch massive vaccination campaigns when the anti-Covid vaccine is ready. ” By the end of the year we will already have more than half a billion pre-positioned syringes where they can be deployed quickly and at the lowest cost. »Explains Henrietta Fore, Managing Director of the United Nations Fund. She also claimed that “ vaccinating the world against Covid-19 will soon be one of the most gigantic tasks in human history “.
$ 12 billion in aid to developing countries for rapid access to vaccines
The World Bank has validated a $ 12 billion aid plan to ensure that developing countries have rapid access to future anti-Covid vaccines. This budget would allow “ finance the purchase and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatments for their citizens “. This aid would make it possible to vaccinate “ up to a billion people “.
French Polynesia: the situation suddenly worsens
The High Commissioner of the Republic Dominique Sorain indicated that the country is facing “ a sudden worsening of the epidemic “. The President of French Polynesia Edouard Fritch tested positive for the coronavirus after a meeting in Paris with Emmanuel Macron and is still in isolation. The incidence rate (number of cases over 7 days per 100,000 inhabitants) is rising sharply with 409, up to 500 among 15-44 people. The reproduction rate is 1.4, a figure well above the limit set by scientists, which prevents an increase in contamination.
Wales reconfigured for 2 weeks
Wales has chosen re-containment in order to curb the spread of Covid-19. Welsh Prime Minister Mark Drakeford called on the 3 million inhabitants to “ stay at home “. Non-essential businesses will close. This 2-week confinement will begin on Friday at 6 p.m.
