Macron welcomes the "awareness" of the French on vaccines

President Macron welcomed the "awareness" of the French in terms of vaccination, at the finish of the 18th stage of the Tour de France he was following, on the first day of a trip to the Hautes-Pyrénées devoted in particular to tourism. "There is an awareness of conscience for our fellow citizens who hesitated" to be vaccinated, rejoiced the Head of State, after visiting the vaccibus of the firefighters who accompanies the Tour and has made 760 vaccinations since the beginning of the sporting event. On the other hand, the president denounced the "political cynicism" of those who denounce a "dictatorship" after the measures on the extension of the health pass, considering that they are "putting the country at risk".

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The wallis and Futuna archipelago, where the first cases of Covid-19 were detected in early March, has once again become a Covid-19-free territory, according to the authorities.

The LR and centrist groups, which make up the Senate majority, announced that they would refer the matter to the Constitutional Council after the adoption of the bill providing for the extension of the health pass.

The assassination of the Haitian president by an armed commando on July 7 was planned from the neighboring Dominican Republic, according to Haiti's police chief, who also announced the placement in solitary confinement of four security officials of Jovenel Moïse.

Jair Bolsonaro's state of health is progressing "satisfactorily", announced Thursday the hospital in Sao Paulo where the Brazilian president had been transferred the day before for an intestinal obstruction.