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The government has said that its “more or less “ decided on what extra measures it intends to take to reduce the spread of coronavirus. 20 departments are on heightened surveillance and Ministers have been consulting with local officials in a bid to reach agreement on the best way forward.
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The French government has criticised a vaccine policy alliance between Austria, Denmark and Israel.
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A press conference has been taking place in Paris at which Prime Minister Jean Castex and Health Minister Olivier Veran have given an update on the coronavirus situation.
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The French Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced a series of new measures aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus in high risk areas of the country.
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Lockdown-The weekend lockdown for the Alpes Maritimes comes into force again from 6pm lasting until 6am on Monday morning but the Var has escaped the tougher restrictions.
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Fire has destroyed a ground floor apartment in the centre of Nice. Reports say that the fire broke out in the block on the avenue Henri Sappia in the early hours of this morning.
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Covid-19 deaths-France has registered an extra 301 deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours taking the total death toll since the start of the pandemic to 87,220.
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The French Ministry of Health has said that only about one quarter of the AstraZeneca vaccines that it has received have actually been used
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Monaco controls-Monaco police carried out more than 4,000 checks on motorists entering the Principality during the weekend lockdown in the Alpes Maritimes.
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Covid-19 deaths-France has registered 379 more deaths from Coronavirus in the past 24 hours bringing the total number of fatalities from virus to nearly 87,000 since the start of the pandemic.
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail - two of them suspended - for "corruption and influence peddling".
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Weekend lockdown-Authorities in the Alpes Maritimes say that the weekend lockdown was mainly “well observed” by the public although more than 1,000 fines for non-compliance were issued across the department.
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The prefect of the Alpes Maritimes says that he hasn’t ruled out a full lockdown for the department.
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