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The President of the Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur region has said that all high school students in the region will receive a mask free of charge for the beginning of the school year
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A fire has destroyed part of a restaurant on rue Commandant-Raffali, in Nice this morning. Thirty firefighters were at the scene shortly after 5am and managed to control the flames to limit the damage.
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A 2-year-old child has had a lucky escape after nearly drowning on the Ponteil beach in Antibes.
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It's been announced that health measures surrounding the Tour de France are being increased. In a press conference this afternoon, the Prefect of the Alpes Maritimes Bernard Gonzalez said that the start of the Tour in Nice will be "almost behind closed doors"
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The French government has placed 19 new departments in the red zone for the “active circulation of Covid-19” in addition to Paris and the Bouches-du-Rhône.
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Emergency services have intervened after two swimmers nearly drowned on Wednesday. The first swimmer was rescued from the Plage de la Courtade in Porquerolles and the second from the Plage de l’Almanarre in Hyères.
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French Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, announced this afternoon that masks will be mandatory for all adults in schools and for all students from the sixth year.
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The Center-Var and the Maures massifs have been placed on a “very severe” fire risk today. All nine massifs in the Var are prohibited to the public.
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The weekly report from the Regional Health Agency has shown that four people have died in the past week from Covid-19 in the Alpes Maritimes and seven have been admitted to intensive care.
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The French government has said that France will be able to manufacture 100 million protective masks per week by December
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A major fire which was declared in the Bouches du Rhone on Monday afternoon has not been extinguished but has been brought under control. Firefighters are still mobilized in the area where more than 450 hectares have been destroyed.
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Germany has placed the Ile-de-France and the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur regions as risk zones concerning the high number of Covid-19 cases.
Travellers returning from both regions will have to undergo a screening test for Covid-19 and observe a two-week quarantine period.
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About 700 firefighters have been fighting a major fire in the Bouches-du-Rhone this afternoon
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The Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolis has announced that line 1 of the tramway is to be extended to Drap by 2026.
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The A7 motorway in the Bouches du Rhone has been closed due to the outbreak of a forest fire on Sunday afternoon.
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