Facing with the 4th wave, the government rolls out its new anti-Covid measures

state of health emergency in Guadeloupe, new health protocol at school and generalization of the health pass on August 9: the government has rolled out its measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, against which more than 50% of French people are now vaccinated. At the end of the Council of Ministers, chaired by videoconference by Emmanuel Macron from the plane that brings him back from Polynesia to Paris, the government spokesman deplored a health situation "which continues to worsen and which remains worrying". The state of health emergency will also be declared Wednesday evening in Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélémy, due to a high incidence rate and too low vaccination coverage in these overseas territories. In Martinique, the prefect announced a new confinement of the island from Friday 19:00 for at least three weeks. The France on Tuesday night exceeded the symbolic threshold of 50% of its population fully vaccinated, a level still far from the threshold of herd immunity, estimated at about 90% with the Delta variant.

Pegasus: Israel assures France take the matter seriously

Interestian Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Wednesday assured his French counterpart Florence Parly that his country was "seriously" taking allegations of espionage concerning israeli software Pegasus, suspected of having also been used against the President Emmanuel Macron.  Benny Gantz "addressed the subject NSO (Israeli cybercutity company that designed Pegasus) and said that Israel takes the allegations seriously," the Israeli Defense Ministry said in a statement.  which makes it possible to infiltrate computer systems, is at the heart of a global espionage scandal revealed in mid-July by 17 media. It would have made it possible to spy on the numbers of at least 180 journalists, 85 human rights activists or 14 heads of state including French President Emmanuel Macron - which NSO denies.

Tunisia waiting for a government

Three days after Tunisian President Kais Saied's coup de force, who granted himself executive power and suspended Parliament for 30 days, calls are mounting for a roadmap and for the establishment of a new government. The president argued the "imminent perils" facing Tunisia, plunged for months into a deep political crisis, to justify his seizure of power on Sunday. He sacked Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, much criticized for his handling of the Covid-19 epidemic that has left Tunisia short of oxygen and overwhelmed by a spike in hospitalizations, indicating that he would exercise executive power with "the help of a government" he was to appoint. the chief.

IN BRIEF

20,000 euros fine and a mea culpa: former reality TV star Nabilla Benattia-Vergara was sanctioned by the Suppression of Fraud for promoting stock market services on Snapchat without mentioning that she was paid, a practice far from marginal among influencers.

The French gendarme of personal data, the CNIL, has fined agrochemist Monsanto (owned by Bayer) a fine of 400,000 euros for illegally registering public figures, journalists and activists in order to influence the public debate on the ban on the ban on glyphosate.

American Caeleb Dressel won the queen of swimming race at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, the 100m freestyle, in 47 sec 02/100th. For his first Games, Maxime Grousset, 22 years old and water line number 8, took fourth place (47.72).