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French Health Minister Olivier Veran said this morning that 1.3 million vaccines have been delivered to pharmacists, doctors and private nurses in 2 days
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The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region has registered a record number of intensive care patients with 559 patients currently hospitalised.
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France’s High Health Authority has recommended that people under 55 who are due for their second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccination are offered an alternative.
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French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal has said that there are the "first encouraging signals" from the 16 departments, including the Alpes-Maritimes, which were the first to go into lockdown
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According to French media Emmanuel Macron has decided to abolish the National School of Administration (ENA). A decision which is expected to be announced this afternoon to "managers of the public service, that is to say the 200 to 500 most senior French officials".
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French President Emmanuel Macron has contrary to previous lockdowns, said that the “reopening of schools will not depend on health figures”. Until now previous moves to lift restrictions had been dependent on the number of COVID cases dropping below 5,000 (a goal set on December 15th which was never reached).
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The European Medicines Agency has held a press conference to present the conclusions of its analysis of rare blood clots after use of the Astra Zeneca vaccine.
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is to issue its conclusions on the AstraZeneca vaccine in a press conference this afternoon at 4pm French time.
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A link has been confirmed between the AstraZeneca vaccine and thrombosis, but for World Health Organisation “the benefits still outweigh the risks”. The announcement came from European Medicines Agency on Tuesday and has been described as a considerable blow in the fight against the pandemic which is still severely affecting many countries.
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French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has said that "computer attacks" have been made on educational websites today
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As parents across France find themselves dealing with home schooling and online lessons today, following the closure of schools due to the health crisis there have been reports of several problems accessing the digital platforms and workspaces.
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For many parents in France, today marks a return to home schooling and online lessons as schools start a three to four-week closure due to the Covid pandemic. The French government's decision to close schools was announced last week and came as a last resort to control the spread of Covid.
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French health minister Olivier Veran has said that the number of patients in intensive care will continue to increase over the next three weeks
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The third wave of the Covid-19 epidemic in France is intensifying with the pressure in hospitals increasing further on Sunday April 4th, with 5,341 patients in intensive care, according to daily figures from Public Health France.
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As France entered a third lockdown at the weekend due to the spread of Covid the latest figures from Public Health France show that there were 185 deaths in the last 24 hours.
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