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A student from Cannes has tested positive for Covid-19
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The French food group Danone has recalled cans of Gallia baby milk after five families living in Puy de Dôme and Landes discovered larvae inside the cans.
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9.40: Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi announced first case of Coronavirus in the Alpes Maritimes. A 23-year-old fashion student from Cannes who had just returned from Milan and is now hospitalized in Nice.
10:00: In Hong Kong, a dog tested positive for coronavirus and was placed in quarantine.
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It’s been reported that in a move to prevent the spread of the coronavirus Moscow is to suspend trains to and from Nice.
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A student from Cannes has tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Two people have been killed and one slightly injured as traffic was disrupted on the RD7 in Roquebrune sur Agens in the Var, following a serious road accident. The accident involving two vehicles occurred just before midnight on Thursday.
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France’s health Minister Olivier Véran has announced that twenty new cases of coronavirus have been identified in France, bringing the total number to 38. Among them, 12 patients are cured, two died and 24 are hospitalized, two of whom are in serious condition.
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A hospital worker in Grasse has tested negative for the coronavirus
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The Department of Social Affairs and Health here in Monaco has confirmed that a person taken care of by emergency services on Wednesday 26th February with suspected coronavirus has tested negative. The test for COVID 19 were carried out by the hospital in Marseille.
Meanwhile the government here in the Principality has released the following information this morning on Covid-19 in the Principality of Monaco.
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An 88-year-old man has killed an 83-year-old woman. Both were residents in an old people’s home in Frejus in the Var.
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The historical reconstruction of Napoleon’s landing in Golfe Juan has been cancelled due to the coronavirus.
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Ahead of leaving for Naples, for a long-planned summit with Italy,French President Emmanuel Macron has this morning arrived at the Pitie-Salpetrière hospital in Paris where the 60 year old French patient died on Tuesday after being tested positive for coronavirus.
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Police in the Var have launched a search following what they believe to be a “possible parental abduction“. The 30 year old mother and her 3 year old daughter have been missing since Monday. They were last seen in Cavalaire sur mer.
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Five people have died and seven have been injured following a fire in a seven storey building in Strasbourg. The blaze broke out in the early hours of this morning
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Environmental associations in the region have requested that the administrative court urgently suspends the prefects order to authorise the extension of terminal 2 at Nice International airport.
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The president of the Liguria region in Italy Giovanni Toti has held a press conference following the rise in the number of positive cases of the coronavirus in the region.
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The first French person has died from the coronavirus
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According to a survey published today and carried out by Ifop only three out of four French people wash every day. Published by Le Parisien newspaper the survey showed that women's hygiene was better, with 81% of women washing "at least once a day", compared to 71% of men.
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Space tourism company Virgin Galactic, which plans to send its first customers to space by this summer, has more than doubled its bookings since late September and now has 7,957 people on its waiting list.
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A new fatal case of coronavirus contamination in France. The Ministry of Health has announced on Wednesday February 26 that three new cases had been confirmed in France overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. One of them, a 60-year-old Frenchman was hospitalised "in a very serious state" on Tuesday evening at the Pitié Salpêtrière hospital in Paris, he is reported to have died overnight.
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The first Frenchman has died from the coronavirus. The man in his sixties, was the most recent case to be reported in France this morning. He was reportedly taken ill on Tuesday evening and was airlifted to hospital in Paris where he later died.
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France Bleu has reported that a 62-year-old man has been helicoptered and hospitalized on Tuesday night at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris and has tested positive for Covid-19, the new coronavirus.
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A Japanese man, recently named the oldest man on the planet, has died at the age of 112.
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It’s been reported that the famous bubble mansion on the French Rivera owned by fashion magnate Pierre Cardin is back on the market for £305million.
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Two new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in France. According to the Ministry of health their state of health “does not cause any concern”.
The first is a young Chinese woman who had returned from China on the 7th February and is hospitalised in Paris under “observation” and the second, the 14th case is France, is a French man who had returned from Lombardy in Italy and is currently being treated in hospital in the Auvergne-Rhone Alpes.
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The Rector of the Academy of Nice has set out precautionary measures that will be effective from the start of the school year this coming Monday
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The latest recommendations from the French government to limit the risk of a coronavirus epidemic in France have been published.
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The popularity of French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is down, three weeks ahead of the local elections.
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The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has highlighted what he says was "a lack of correct management in a hospital” which would explain the rapid spread of the coronavirus in northern Italy. The Prime Minister added “that a lack of safety protocols contributed to the spread”.
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Speaking to French media this morning the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, has said that he was ready to "take the necessary measures" regarding the Nice carnival should the government “deem the risk linked to the coronavirus too great” adding “if necessary measures would be taken immediately, because public health comes first. "
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The government here in Monaco has just confirmed, that the two patients hospitalized on Monday afternoon at the Princess Grace Hospital Center of Monaco are not affected by the coronavirus, with the tests carried out proving to be negative.
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Three young people, including two minors have been stopped by police after carrying out a random attack on a motorist in Nice. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday morning on the Avenue Guy-de-Maupassant in Nice Nord.
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The French hypermarket and supermarket group Auchan has created a second hand clothing area at some of its stores. The brand is testing the “area” in five of its sites including in Marseille.
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Passengers who arrived by bus in Lyon on Monday from Milan in Italy have been kept onboard after the driver was hospitalised with symptoms similar to those caused by the new coronavirus.
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This morning’s rush hour traffic on the A8 motorway has suffered long delays following an accident involving a heavy goods vehicle at the Nice Promenade exit westbound.
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Two people, including an Italian, have been admitted to the Princess-Grace Hospital Center here in Monaco to undergo tests for the coronavirus. Tests were carried out following their admission on Monday and were later sent to Marseille. The results are expected today.
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Two suspected cases of the Coronavirus in the Alpes Maritimes have both tested negative
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Police in the Var have launched a missing persons appeal after 17 year old Hilel Lamqadden, who left his home in Luc-en-Provence on Saturday has not been seen since.
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France, one of the most visited countries in the world, is already seeing the consequences of the Covid-19 coronavirus on its economy. France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Marie has said that the country has "30 to 40%" fewer tourists due to the epidemic of viral pneumonia.
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With France expecting a possible “epidemic” of Covid-19, Nice university hospital has announced that it will soon be ready to test for the virus.
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