French Riviera local news

French Riviera local news | From 29/11 to 05/12/21

Evening Update Friday 3 December 2021

French Health Minister Olivier Veran has said that he expects vaccination will be opened for children aged 5 to 11. He said that this will probably start at "the beginning of January", if the balance of risk against benefits is positive, which would be decided by the High Authority of Health Evening Update Friday 3 December 2021 Read More

03/12/2021

Lunchtime News Friday 3rd December 2021

A first case of the Omicron variant has been detected in the Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur region. This morning Friday 3rd December, the health minister said that it was the ninth case of the new variant to be detected in France. Lunchtime News Friday 3rd December 2021 Read More

03/12/2021

French and Riviera News Friday 3rd December 2021

Faced with a deteriorating health situation the Alpes-Maritimes region has extended the obligation to wear a mask until Monday December 20th, 2021. French and Riviera News Friday 3rd December 2021 Read More

03/12/2021

Evening Update Thursday 2 December 2021

Three further cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been detected in France. The first case was in Reunion but the three latest cases are the first in mainland France. Evening Update Thursday 2 December 2021 Read More

02/12/2021

Lunchtime News Thursday 2nd December 2021

The new measure announced by French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal on Wednesday 1st December, which will see a negative Covid-19 test of less than 48 hours required for all travellers arriving in France from outside the European Union, irrespective of their vaccination status is to come into force from this Saturday 4th December. Lunchtime News Thursday 2nd December 2021 Read More

02/12/2021

French and Riviera News Thursday 2nd December 2021

The covid incidence rate is clearly increasing in all the departments of the Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur region but is still far from figures reached in mid-August. French and Riviera News Thursday 2nd December 2021 Read More

02/12/2021

Evening Update Wednesday 1 December 2021

French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal has said that a negative Covid-19 test of less than 48 hours will be required for all travellers arriving in France from outside the European Union, irrespective of their vaccination status. Evening Update Wednesday 1 December 2021 Read More

01/12/2021

Lunchtime News Wednesday 1st December 2021

According to a recent survey 43% of French people support the action taken by French President Emmanuel Macron in the face of the health crisis. Lunchtime News Wednesday 1st December 2021 Read More

01/12/2021

French and Riviera News Wednesday 1st December 2021

The director of a dance school in La Crau in the Var has been killed after a fire broke out on the premises. The blaze broke out in the early hours of Tuesday morning and spread to a residential part of the building where the director, 36-year-old Vincent Hermitte, his partner and her five-year-old daughter were staying. French and Riviera News Wednesday 1st December 2021 Read More

01/12/2021

Evening Update Tuesday 30 November 2021

French Health Minister Olivier Veran has said that 47,000 Covid-19 cases have been recorded in France in the past 24 hours. Speaking in the National Assembly he said that "the situation is worsening" Evening Update Tuesday 30 November 2021 Read More

30/11/2021

Lunchtime News Tuesday 30th November 2021

France's High Health Authority has today Tuesday 30th November, recommended the injection of the covid vaccine to children of 5–11-year-olds who are at "risk of a serious form of the disease" and also for those living in an entourage of "vulnerable people not protected by vaccination". Lunchtime News Tuesday 30th November 2021 Read More

30/11/2021

Evening Update Monday 29 November 2021

President of the PACA region, Renaud Muselier has asked the government to provide free Covid-19 testing to those who are in the process of getting fully vaccinated Evening Update Monday 29 November 2021 Read More

29/11/2021

French and Riviera News Tuesday 30th November 2021

As with the first of every month in France changes will be introduced from tomorrow Wednesday December 1st. French and Riviera News Tuesday 30th November 2021 Read More

29/11/2021

Lunchtime News Monday 29th November 2021

The covid incidence rate continues to increase in the Alpes Maritimes and is, according to figures, now at its highest since August. In four days, between 21st and 25th November, the incidence rate (number of cases detected over seven days and reduced to 100,000 inhabitants) increased by almost 100. Lunchtime News Monday 29th November 2021 Read More

29/11/2021

French and Riviera News Monday 29th November 2021

Two police officers have been injured after being targeted by mortar fire in the Ariane district in Nice. French and Riviera News Monday 29th November 2021 Read More

29/11/2021