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.
Residents in the Alpes Maritimes are only allowed out for essential shopping ,medical appointments and other sanctioned activities such as work or caring for the elderly.
Walking of dogs is allowed as is a brief period of exercise lasting no more than one hour and no further than 5 kilometers from your home.
Extra police and gendarmes will be carrying out checks so don’t leave home without your competed ‘attestation derogatoire’.
Var restrictions-Although the Var has escaped a weekend lockdown ,some extra restrictions are coming into force.
Stores of more than 10,000 square meters will be closed and mask wearing is compulsory in all areas.
The public is also asked to limit social contacts and not to travel to another department or region.
Vaccination centres-12 vaccination centres will be open in the Var this weekend to administer jabs to the over 75s.
People wishing to be vaccinated can make an appointment on the internet at www.doctorlib.fr as well as by telephone on 0800 009 110.
Only those who have made an appointment will be vaccinated.
Health officials in the Var expect a 50 percent increase in the numbers of vaccines administered by the end of the month.
Cyber-attacks-The French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly has said that the number of cyber-attacks on French targets has increased four-fold over the past 12 months.
The Minister has announced a new plan to reinforce French defences against malicious internet actors.
She said that anyone in France could be a victim of cyber-crime and has ordered a new partnership to be started between the country’s Internet Public Action Group and the Armed Forces Ministry.
1.6 billion euros will be spent between now and 2025 to beef up France’s cyber-defences.
Where is it ? -The hunt is on for a tangerine-sized meteorite that fell to earth somewhere in south-western France last weekend.
The space rock ,which is thought to weigh 150 grams was tracked plunging through the atmosphere by cameras at an astronomy centre and landed at exactly 22.43 on Saturday near Aiguillon around 100 kilometres from Bordeaux.
Calls for help have been put out on social media and posters have been put up in areas where the meteorite is most likely to have fallen.
The chances of finding it are slim.
A spokesman for the observatory said it was a bit like looking for “a needle in a haystack” but asked for people in the Mauraux area near Aiguillon to look in their gardens or along the side of roads and they might just come across it.
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