The Omicron variant still represents the overwhelming majority of Covid cases in France.
The Covid-19 epidemic continues to decline in France, where 11,195 new cases were detected on Monday, a drop of 36.9% in seven days. The test positivity rate was 30.2% at the last reading, and the Omicron variant still represents 99.9% of Covid cases in France.
What to remember from this Monday
The National Assembly on Monday approved an agreement reached with the Senate on a health bill which ratifies the end of the exceptional measures against Covid, but provides for a possible compulsory test at the borders. The vote was won by 184 votes against 149. The PS and LR groups announced that they were voting in favor with the majority, the RN, LFI, communist and LIOT (independent) groups deciding against, the ecologists choosing to abstain.
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US President Joe Biden, positive for Covid-19 since Thursday, has virtually no symptoms of the disease, his personal doctor said in a letter released Monday by the White House. “His symptoms have now almost completely disappeared.wrote Dr. Kevin O’Connor. The president, very slightly hoarse, still suffers from a small nasal congestion, said the doctor.