One person has died and three have been injured after a light aircraft crashed in the Alpes de Haute Provence this morning. The plane came down near Saint-Pons, which is located between Allos and Les Orres. Local reports say that the aircraft caught fire after crashing.
The Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur Region is one of the regions of the country worst affected by the influenza epidemic, according to Sante Publique France. It said that nationally there has been a continued increase in influenza indicators in all age groups in the past week with very high levels of activity in community medicine and hospitals, particularly among 15-64 year olds. The organization said that to limit the impact of what it called "this very active epidemic", people at risk should get vaccinated urgently and barrier gestures should be respected by everyone, especially during the end of year celebrations.
There's been another significant fall in the Covid-19 incidence rate in Monaco. In the week to Christmas Day the incidence rate per 100,000 people was 171, down from 258 the previous week. 67 new positive cases of Covid-19 were detected in the week. As of Sunday December 25, 25 people, including 13 residents, were hospitalized at the Princess Grace Hospital. There were no patients in intensive care. As at Sunday evening, 33 people were being followed by the Home Monitoring Centre.
A teenager is in hospital in Nice after a skiing accident. The 18 year old fell at Isola2000 this morning and was taken to the Pasteur hospital in Nice by helicopter. He's described as being in a serious condition.
Several p
