Biden calls to “vaccinate the world”, New York at the forefront of the health pass

American President Joe Biden called on Tuesday to “vaccinate America and (to) help vaccinate the world”, with New York establishing itself across the Atlantic at the forefront of the health pass against the Delta variant. Joe Biden thus welcomed the sending of more than 110 million doses to more than 60 countries, most of them via the international Covax initiative, a donation greater than “all the other countries combined” according to the White House. For its part, the United States has already reached the rate of 70% of adults who have received at least one dose of the vaccine. And half of the European Union's population is now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to an AFP count on Tuesday

The Pfizer vaccine should get a full green light in the US in early September

The U.S. Drug Administration, the FDA, is expected to fully approve the Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as early as September, the New York Times said on Tuesday. Pfizer delivers its vaccines under a temporary emergency authorization that was granted to it on December 11, 2020. Last week, the FDA said in a statement that the procedure for approving the Covid vaccine was “among the agency's top priorities” and that it intended to make its decision well before the end of the deadline

AT A GLANCE

The British maritime security agency UKMTO (United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations) reports a “potential hijacking” of a vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, five days after an attack on a tanker in the Gulf.

French volleyball players qualified for the Tokyo Olympic semi-finals by beating world champion Poland 3-2 (21-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-21, 15-9).

The last representative of the French wrestling team in Tokyo, Mathilde Rivière, was beaten as soon as she entered the Olympic Games under 57 kg tournament, losing to Mongolia's Khongorzul Boldsaikhan on Wednesday

Monaco took an option for the Champions League play-offs thanks to its 2-0 victory on the ground of Sparta Prague in the 3rd first preliminary round.