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French Prime Minister Jean Castex has paid tribute to the police officer killed in Avignon earlier this week, saying that "the whole of France is in mourning once again".
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There have been violent clashes between local police and a group of youths in Cannes. Tensions rose after police seized part of a drug trafficking ring in the Frayère district of the city on Thursday afternoon.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the vaccination campaign against Covid in France is now open to 16 and 17-year-olds suffering from certain serious illnesses and that from Monday 10th May it will be open to over 50s.
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President Macron has announced that people 50 years old or over will be able to make an appointment for a Covid-19 vaccination from tomorrow
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The Regional Health Agency (ARS) for the Alpes Maritimes has reported 4 new hospital deaths linked to Covid-19. Since the start of the epidemic, Covid has killed 1,927 people (446 in nursing homes, 1,481 in hospitals).
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One in four French people have now received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine representing 16.7 million French people.
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A French government spokesperson has said that there is "a clear improvement" in the health situation. Speaking after a meeting of the Health Defence Council this morning, Gabriel Attal said that the number of Covid-19 cases had fallen by 20% in one week
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A major fire has broken out in Villeneuve-Loubet. The blaze started in a warehouse, located on allée Nolis, in Villeneuve-Loubet shortly after 10am this morning. A large cloud of black smoke could be seen from Nice.
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The number of new daily cases of Covid in France is slowing down, with the week-on-week increase in cases below 3% for a third consecutive day on Tuesday May 4th.The average of new infections is now down to 20,866, less than half the more than 42,000 seen mid-April.
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French health minister Olivier Veran has said that he "sincerely hopes" that the wearing of face masks will no longer be mandatory this summer
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The obligation to wear a mask outside in the Alpes Maritimes is to be eased from today Tuesday 4th May.
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The Covid incidence rate in the Alpes Maritimes has reached its lowest since October of last year.
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French Prime Minister Jean Castex has said that the coronavirus is "circulating very little in schools" and the "surveillance system is efficient".
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Today marks the end of daytime travel restrictions from 6am to 7pm however the curfew from 7pm to 6am is still in force and for any travel or outing during this time you will need a new certificate which can be downloaded from the government website
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France will today begin to emerge from its “light lockdown” with the lifting of the 10km limit on travel, freedom of movement between regions and the return to class for College and Lycée students with 50% capacity.
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