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The number of cases of Covid 19 per 100,000 people in the Alpes-Martimes has dropped to its lowest level in six months today. The region had ... ....
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Many health professionals in France have expressed their concern following the “reopening schedule” announced by the French government on Thursday.
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Speaking during a press conference on Thursday April 22nd French Prime Minister Jean Castex said that “the peak of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in France appears to be behind us”.
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The Prime Minister Jean Castex has confirmed the end of the 10km travel restriction and requirement for an attestation from May 3rd. He also said the government intends to open shops, terraces and restaurants but did not give a timeline. Neither did he mention any change to the 7pm curfew. Monsieur Castex said the country was currently at the ... ....
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French teaching unions will meet today with the Education ministry to discuss the reopening of elementary schools on Monday.
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Several French supermarkets have recalled several pasta, rice, prawns and couscous products for health reasons.
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French Prime Minister Jean Castex is to hold a press conference this evening at 6pm to outline the gradual lifting of restrictions as planned by the government for mid-May.
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With just over two weeks left of confinement, plans are being put in place to slowly re-open the Cote d’Azur and the country as a whole. From the beginning of May ... ....
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The mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi has spoken to France’s Health Minister Olivier Véran about his intentions for the lifting of the restrictions in Nice.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has set mid-May for the reopening of the first terraces of bars and restaurants and cultural places, promising a strict sanitary protocol which will be discussed at this morning’s Health Defense Council.
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The government has announced a priority list of twenty jobs where workers will qualify for vaccination from this Saturday. They include almost half a million workers over 55 who are ... ....
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France’s Minister of Health, Oivier Véran, has said he is in favour of the end of lockdown being carried out “region by region” in France. Veran adds that “the health situation in each department must be closely looked at in the approach to lifting current restrictions in place nationally”.
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France’s Minister of Health Olivier Véran has confirmed that there has been a slight decrease in the Covid epidemic over the last five days while insisting that the situation remains “fragile”.
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France’s employment minister Elisabeth Borne has said this morning that she wants "priority access" to vaccination for binmen and bus drivers over 55 years old.
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After more than two weeks of lockdown the number of intensive care patients in France has dropped slightly below 5,900. With health authorities claiming a stabilisation in the number of people being admitted.
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