. >>> our senior national correspondent jim bittermann joins us from outside paris. seems like france is becoming a bit of a pariah, at least for its neighbors. they're like, we're going to shut down those borders. >> i think all the european countries are struggling, with the exception perhaps of great britain, struggling with the coronavirus right now. france seems to be the worst-case scenario. the french president said he's been thinking about what to do next. he said on friday, he told a sunday newspaper that came out this morning that basically nothing has been decided just yet about the way forward. but one of the ways forward may be that idea of clamping down more restrictions on schools. right now, basically the schools have remained open. the french have wanted to keep them open at all costs. one of the costs has been infection rates. 21,000 young people, school-aged young people, over the last week, have become infected with coronavirus. and as a consequence, that's one of the possibilities is more restrictions on the schools. france seems to be relying he

, in the forests of france. >> our thanks to jim bittermann.come to "new day," those in the united states and around the world. >>> the signing of a bill that corrects something that did not exist, voter fraud in the state of georgia. it did not happen there in 2020, and that's according to republican officials there. still there is now a law, a new voting law there with new restrictions, and it's spawned new controversy as a black lawmaker was arrested for knocking on the governor's door during the signing of the bill. >> the governor is signing a bill that affects all georgians. why is he doing it in private, and why is he trying to keep elected officials out of the process. >> you said you're giving her one more time like you're going to do something. >> a

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jim bittermann, france. >> reporter: i'm paula hancocks in seoul.in the world to gain access to the travel pass. this is a pass that allows travelers to cord their covid-19 testing results and also any possible vaccination. the international transportation association is calling on governments to start issuing digital vaccine credentials to try and smooth the restart of international travel. now, it's planning to roll into this travel pass as early as the end of this month. of this mont >> thank you both. >> after multiple delays because of the pandemic, the doors of super nintendo world are finally open in japan. >> cnn's selena wang takes us on a tour of the first theme-based park based on the popular video games. >> reporter: here we go. entering super nintendo world through the war pipe. follow me. ♪ >> reporter: here we are. look at everything that the park offers. after all nearly a near long delay of covid-19, this theme park in universal japan is finally open to the public. we are getting a sneak peek before the big crowds come. this is how

so for the latest from europe, let's bring in cnn's jim bittermann outside of pairing and cyril vanierm, what are we expecting to hear and regardless of what they say you can't help but wonder if the image has already been done. >> reporter: it certainly looks that way. in fact, the european medicine agency is expected to approve astrazeneca because of incidents of blood clots are just not high enough as dr. fauci indicated there. so as a consequence the suspension has had the unforeseen -- also of spreading the idea that astrazeneca is somehow inadequate. in a poll taken right after the announcement of the suspension on monday 20% of the french said they have no faith in the astrazeneca vaccine. so as a consequence that skepticism and there's already been a lot of skepticism about vaccines in france, is something that's likely to build here and it's at a time when cases are spiking. overnight tuesday they were 29,000 new cases in this country and overnight last night 38,000 new ones. so it is a growing problem, they're depending on vaccines like astrazeneca to combat it and if the pub

. >> reporter: i'm jim bittermann in france, where president macron said no decisions are made on covid9 restrictions, despite there are clear indications the situation is not improving. in fact, in an op-ed commentary in the same newspaper signed by emergency care workers, the state of affairs was described as so dire that intensive care units will soon be over capacity and doctors will soon have to make potentially life i-and-death decisions over who will get access to the icus and who will not. if the infection rate is not turned around, the hope seems to lie with a stepped-up vaccination campaign the government is planning this week. >> reporter: in england, stay-at-home orders will be lifted after months of lockdown. starting today, up to two households or six people can meet outside and socialize. they can meet in private gardens and outdoor team sports can resume. but the prime minister says the country must remain cautious. the number of cases in europe is rising and the variant threat is still a concern. >> reporter: i am in colombia and the government of mexico has revealed a

. >>> i'm jim bittermann in paris where the covid-19 infection numbers continue to head in the wrongrance, for example, now surpasses that of the second wave of the epidemic back in november. after weeks of lockdown life here as the government tried to balance covid restrictions with keeping the economy going and schools open, there's a growing expectation that president macron may be forced to impose tough er constraints this week perhaps making a decision as tomorrow morning. the morning newspaper headline picture of president macron, what is he waiting for? >>> i'm sal ma abdulaziz in london. stay-at-home orders were lifted in england on monday. he said these new freedoms would be prized by those who made sacrifices under months of lockdowns but it's unclear what the uk's defense of fortifications against a new wave if there is a new wave of this pandemic. they would work to vaccinate people as quickly as possible and called everyone to remain discipline and vigilant. >>> in brazil, president bolsonaro replaced six cabinet members on monday. a move aimed at putting more loyal figu

. >>> i'm jim bittermann in france where the president here told a sunday newspaper that no decisionsn made about taking first action on covid-19 restrictions, despite the fact that there are clear indications the situation is not improving. in fact in an op-ed commentary in the same newspaper sibd by 41 emergency care workers, the state of affairs was described so dire that intensive care units will be over capacity. and doctors have to make life and death decisions about who will get access to the icus and who will not. as the infection rate is not turned around, the best hope seems to lie with a stepped up vaccination campaign the government is planning for this week. >>> i'm in london, england. stay at home orders were lifted today after months of lockdown. this is part of the government's road map, the slow and gradual easing of restrictions here. starting today that means up to two households or six people can meet outdoors and social ids, and meet in private gardens and outdoor team sports permitted. soccer fields and tennis courts come to life. it sounds like a minor step but

. >> i'm jim bittermann in france where at midnight large parts of the country will be under new covidinfections and hospitalizations have been increasing sharply, and the english channel and nice, 20 million people will be infected. nonessential businesses will be closed and people will have to carry around written justification for being about. perhaps, the prime minister's signal that the vaccine program is back on track by rolling up his sleeves and taking an as s astrazeneca shot this afternoon. >> the rollout of the astrazeneca shot has resumed one day in italy after the european medicine agency rendered their verdict. they want to give 5,000 injections a day to get 80% of the italian population inoculated by april. getting astrazeneca up and out was a crucial part and made more urgent by the covid-19 figures at the moment here in italy. it is day five of a lockdown that concerns more than half of italian regions and the vast majority of the italian populations. >> i'm selena covering a new study showing covid-19 was probably spreading at low rates in china about two months befor