Day 82 of the second confinement period
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Data snapshot
The comic book is being worked on
Another Great Classic The parties or “Les Boums” as we called them then.
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▫️ A new Defence Council is meeting this morning at the Elysée Palace. A decision should be taken there on the reopening of the ski lifts, which the ski resorts are calling for.
▫️ In France, the second wave is taking advantage of the winter to extend over time and is claiming more victims than the first. 373 new deaths and 23,608 contaminations were recorded between Monday evening and yesterday evening.
▫️ Yesterday evening, 585,664 people had been vaccinated in France.
▫️Germany has hardened and extended its anti-Covid arsenal until mid-February. Schools, bars, restaurants and cultural venues will remain closed until 14 February. Medical masks (FP2) will become compulsory in shops and public transport.
▫️ Many things happening today
⇢🇺🇸 In the USA, a new president will be sworn in, hopefully peacefully.
but maybe more importantly
⇢🇫🇷 In France, the Winter Sales are officially open.
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▫️Vaccinations report
The governement is keeping to the target of 1 Million by the end of January and added a target of 2,5 Million by the end of Feb. A target of 6.5 Million by the summer has also been communicated.
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▫️Vendée Globe
Here is the standing earlier this morning for the 25 remaining competitors. They are really zooming up the North Atlantic. The current leader APIVIA with skipper Charlie Dalin sailes 740 km in the past 24 hours. May I remind you we are talking sailing boats here…
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Very little else to add
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France
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Actual v Original Targets for December 15th Targets
It is better to look at the 7 days rolling average which is still on an upward trend
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Occitanie
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176,55
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Below is the table, as a reminder, of the main parameters
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Glossary
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Latest info on PCR Tests
On paper, more than half of the population has been tested
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Meteo – Getting milder and milder. The outlook says up to 19 next week on Friday.
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🔹Top 15 (used to be 10) countries according to the new daily cases as of yesterday
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Improve your French
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🔹 Overseas titbits
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🇺🇸 There is so much insanity going on right now over the pond🇺🇸
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🔹Walks / Hikes / Places visited
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Went to Narbonne yesterday for a short walk around a almost deserted town
Followed by an even more deserted Narbonne Plage
Drove home via the scenic routes avoiding the motorway
Some might not know, but the scenic routes are marked green on the Michelin maps and are usually worth it. Michelin maps are also available on the internet (better than Google Maps as far as France is concerned at least) on https://www.viamichelin.fr/
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Pics from our Occitanie region
I do it my way 