France easing lockdown in three stages
4 years, 1 month ago

France easing lockdown in three stages

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy France will start easing coronavirus lockdown rules in coming weeks, carrying out the process in three stages so as to avoid a new flareup in the pandemic, the government said on Sunday. What is at stake is adapting lockdown rules as the health situation improves while avoiding a new flare up in the epidemic," government spokesman Gabriel Attal told Le Journal Du Dimanche. On Thursday Health Minister Olivier Veran said France will win its battle against the coronavirus but it is a struggle which will take time, warning the lockdown was not yet over.

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‘Return to normal’: France lifts most COVID-19 restrictions
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Return to normal’: France lifts most COVID-19 restrictions

Al Jazeera  

But in recent days, the number of new COVID-19 infections has started increasing, raising concerns from some that it may be too soon to lift restrictions. France lifted most COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, abolishing the need to wear face masks in most settings and allowing people who aren’t vaccinated back into restaurants, sports arenas and other venues. Starting Monday, people …

Significant relaxation of hard lockdown unlikely next week: Outbreak team member
3 years ago

Significant relaxation of hard lockdown unlikely next week: Outbreak team member

NL Times  

There is no clear evidence to support significantly relaxing the coronavirus measures in the Netherlands next week, said infectious disease expert and Outbreak Management Team member Marc Bonten on Nieuwsuur. Due to the Omicron variant, caution is still required, and people should "not hold out too much hope" that all lockdown measures will expire, he said. While it is clear …

Coronavirus press conference at 7 p.m. Saturday; hard lockdown likely around the corner
3 years ago

Coronavirus press conference at 7 p.m. Saturday; hard lockdown likely around the corner

NL Times  

The coronavirus press conference during which Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge will likely announce a hard lockdown is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Saturday. Justice and Security Minister Ferd Grapperhaus said the Cabinet wants to "make decisions that afford everyone the possibilty" to move past this difficult period. The Outbreak Management Team advised the government …

Rutte warns tighter lockdown possible if current Covid rules are ignored
3 years, 1 month ago

Rutte warns tighter lockdown possible if current Covid rules are ignored

NL Times  

Prime Minister Mark Rutte issued an urgent appeal calling on all residents of the country to do a better job adhering to the current set of coronavirus rules, restrictions, and advice in force since November 13. The RIVM, the country's leading health institute, registered a shockingly high number of coronavirus infections last calendar week. "If we want to see a …

The Netherlands faces three weeks of partial lockdown, cafes to close at 7pm
3 years, 1 month ago

The Netherlands faces three weeks of partial lockdown, cafes to close at 7pm

Dutch News  

The cabinet is set to announce a three-week partial lockdown at Friday evening’s press conference, in an effort to get the Netherlands soaring coronavirus infections under control, Dutch media report. This means Tuesday evening’s World Cup qualification game between Oranje and Norway would take place in an empty stadium. 2G However, ministers have not yet decided whether to shift to …

The Netherlands faces three weeks of partial lockdown, cafes to close at 7pm
3 years, 1 month ago

The Netherlands faces three weeks of partial lockdown, cafes to close at 7pm

Dutch News  

The cabinet is set to announce a three-week partial lockdown at Friday evening’s press conference, in an effort to get the Netherlands soaring coronavirus infections under control, Dutch media report. This means Tuesday evening’s World Cup qualification game between Oranje and Norway would take place in an empty stadium. 2G However, ministers have not yet decided whether to shift to …

Three week partial lockdown starts Saturday; Cafes to close at 7 p.m.
3 years, 1 month ago

Three week partial lockdown starts Saturday; Cafes to close at 7 p.m.

NL Times  

The caretaker Cabinet will announce a three-week-long partial lockdown in a press conference on Friday evening, sources told NOS. Catering establishments and non-essential shops must close at 7:00 p.m. Netherlands residents will be allowed only four visitors at home and must work from home as much as possible. The lockdown discussions that started at the Catshuis - Prime Minister Mark …

The Netherlands may face ‘lockdown-type measures’ to curb rising Covid cases: NOS
3 years, 1 month ago

The Netherlands may face ‘lockdown-type measures’ to curb rising Covid cases: NOS

Dutch News  

Government advisors are recommending ‘lockdown type measures’ to combat the rise in coronavirus infections for a two week period, sources close to the Outbreak Management Team have told broadcaster NOS. The seriousness of the situation – new infections are reaching record levels – makes such measures unavoidable, the sources say. Ministers are meeting to discuss the proposals on Thursday morning, …

Health Min.: Netherlands to proceed with lockdown easing this week
3 years, 7 months ago

Health Min.: Netherlands to proceed with lockdown easing this week

NL Times  

The caretaker Cabinet in the Netherlands confirmed on Monday that it will go ahead with relaxing some lockdown restrictions this week. By taking the second step in the country’s six-step plan to exit lockdown, the Netherlands will allow people to participate in more sports indoors and outdoors, and zoos, amusement parks, libraries and sex work locations will reopen from Wednesday. …

Netherlands lockdown likely loosened this week: Report
3 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands lockdown likely loosened this week: Report

NL Times  

The Cabinet is very likely to go through with the second step of lockdown easing on Tuesday, as the average daily number of Covid-19 hospitalizations has steadily declined since May 1, government sources told newswire ANP. The average number of new coronavirus infections has dropped off by a third since April 23 to 5,518, though the low results last week …

Hospital workers despair as France’s coronavirus strategy flails
3 years, 9 months ago

Hospital workers despair as France’s coronavirus strategy flails

LA Times  

A medical worker moves a COVID-19 patient at Amiens-Picardie Hospital north of Paris on Tuesday. “It allows me to breathe,” she says, “and to cry.” People with COVID-19 occupy all the beds in her ICU ward in President Emmanuel Macron’s hometown hospital in the medieval northern city of Amiens. While other European countries imposed their third lockdowns in recent months, …

Paris doctors warn they may have to refuse patients amid surge of COVID-19 cases
3 years, 9 months ago

Paris doctors warn they may have to refuse patients amid surge of COVID-19 cases

ABC  

Critical care doctors in Paris say surging coronavirus infections could soon overwhelm their ability to care for the sick in the French capital's hospitals, possibly forcing them to choose which patients they have the resources to save. Key points: French medical professionals are ramping up pressure on the Macron government to impose a full national lockdown Doctors are warning that …

Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases
3 years, 9 months ago

Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases

Associated Press  

PARIS — Critical care doctors in Paris say surging coronavirus infections could soon overwhelm their ability to care for the sick in the French capital’s hospitals, possibly forcing them to choose which patients they have the resources to save. Writing in Le Journal du Dimanche, 41 Paris-region hospital doctors said: “We have never known such a situation, even during the …

France’s Macron: No regrets for rejecting new virus lockdown
3 years, 9 months ago

France’s Macron: No regrets for rejecting new virus lockdown

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s president says he has no reason to be sorry about refusing to impose a third national lockdown earlier this year, even though surging coronavirus infections are straining his country’s hospitals and more than 1,000 people with the virus are dying every week. “We were right not to implement a lockdown in France at the end of January …

Lockdown extended and no foreign holidays till May, ministers confirm
3 years, 9 months ago

Lockdown extended and no foreign holidays till May, ministers confirm

Dutch News  

Lockdown rules are being extended until April 20 because rising cases mean it would be unsafe to relax the restrictions, prime minister Mark Rutte told reporters on Tuesday evening. The government also extended its advice not to travel abroad until the middle of May, quashing earlier hopes that people could travel during the school holidays that begin on April 26. …

Covid outlook "worrisome and uncertain", Health Min. says
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid outlook "worrisome and uncertain", Health Min. says

NL Times  

The increasing number of coronavirus infections and hospitalizations make the short-term outlook "worrisome and uncertain", departing Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health said on Tuesday when entering a cabinet meeting on the coronavirus situation ahead of Tuesday evening's press conference, ANP reports. The room to relax lockdown measures is "extremely limited", because infection numbers "are not going in the …

France announces new Paris lockdown measures amid soaring Covid cases
3 years, 9 months ago

France announces new Paris lockdown measures amid soaring Covid cases

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Almost exactly one year after …

Coronavirus Variant Accounts For Up To 20% Of Cases In Paris
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus Variant Accounts For Up To 20% Of Cases In Paris

News 18  

PARIS: The highly contagious variant of the coronavirus first detected in Britain now accounts for up to 20% of infections in the wider Paris region, a leading hospital executive said on Tuesday, calling for more restrictive measures to rein in the disease. France’s main COVID-19 indicators have reached two-month highs on average on Monday but the government, who will hold …

France to close borders to non-EU citizens in bid to curb Covid spread
3 years, 11 months ago

France to close borders to non-EU citizens in bid to curb Covid spread

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy France is to close its …

France's Macron leaving isolation after week with the virus
4 years ago

France's Macron leaving isolation after week with the virus

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy French President Emmanuel Macron no …

Travel to France will resume for EU nationals with negative Covid tests
4 years ago

Travel to France will resume for EU nationals with negative Covid tests

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I think we will end up with worse problems with Covid if we don’t get …

As the Netherlands moves into lockdown, a round up of what the papers say
4 years ago

As the Netherlands moves into lockdown, a round up of what the papers say

Dutch News  

The Dutch papers on Tuesday morning all agree on the inevitability of the new lockdown, with much 20-20 hindsight about the timing. The coronavirus measures ‘hit many disproportionally while sparing others’, the paper said, and this undermined solidarity between groups. ‘Metal fatigue’ among the population has been undermining the measures and Germany’s total lockdown opened up the possibility of shoppers …

France to Start Easing Covid-19 Lockdown Rules in 3 Steps, Prez Macron to Address Nation on Tuesday
4 years, 1 month ago

France to Start Easing Covid-19 Lockdown Rules in 3 Steps, Prez Macron to Address Nation on Tuesday

News 18  

France will start easing coronavirus lockdown rules in coming weeks, carrying out the process in three stages so as to avoid a new flareup in the pandemic, the government said on Sunday. What is at stake is adapting lockdown rules as the health situation improves while avoiding a new flare up in the epidemic,” government spokesman Gabriel Attal told Le …

Coronavirus lockdown in France to remain in effect until Dec: Prime Minister
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus lockdown in France to remain in effect until Dec: Prime Minister

Live Mint  

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced that the nationwide stay-at-home regime will remain in effect amid still disturbing indicators of the COVID-19 virus' evolution in the country. The prime minister said that the impact from the second coronavirus outbreak is tough, specifying in a separate tweet that up to 500 COVID-19 patients have died each day over the past …

Govt to re-impose strict lockdown from December 1? Here's the truth
4 years, 1 month ago

Govt to re-impose strict lockdown from December 1? Here's the truth

India TV News  

With the number of coronavirus cases witnessing a surge amid the ongoing festival season, rumours about the government planning to re-impose nation-wide lockdown are doing the rounds. Several European nations such as France, Britain have been forced to announce second phase of lockdown amid rising cases of COVID-19. A tweet by a Hindi television channel said that the government is …

Coronavirus France: Paris to see even tighter lockdown restrictions
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus France: Paris to see even tighter lockdown restrictions

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Paris will be placed under …

Europe Covid-19: Italian regions lock down and Paris tightens rules as Europe smashes virus records
4 years, 2 months ago

Europe Covid-19: Italian regions lock down and Paris tightens rules as Europe smashes virus records

CNN  

CNN — The Italian regions worst-hit by the second coronavirus wave entered a new lockdown Friday after the country tallied its highest daily number of both infections and deaths the previous day. “The virus is running and we have to stop it.” In neighboring France, Paris also announced stricter measures as the country reported a record 58,046 new cases Thursday, …

Europe aims to emerge smarter from latest lockdowns
4 years, 2 months ago

Europe aims to emerge smarter from latest lockdowns

Live Mint  

One by one, governments across Europe are reintroducing strict new measures to tame a resurgent pandemic after concluding that light-touch strategies aimed at containing Covid-19 have run out of road. Some public-health experts say the reimposition of lockdowns shows the middle-way policies deployed over the summer, such as restrictions targeted at specific places or demographic groups, haven’t worked. Disease and …

The US might need to follow France in imposing curbs
4 years, 2 months ago

The US might need to follow France in imposing curbs

Live Mint  

The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t finished with us yet. A spike in infections in recent weeks has sent new cases to records in a number of places around the world including the US, which already weathered two waves of outbreaks this year. That gap stretched to about two weeks during the second “Sun Belt” wave from 11 June to 14 September, …

Europe and US pass coronavirus milestones as France locks down
4 years, 2 months ago

Europe and US pass coronavirus milestones as France locks down

Live Mint  

Europe passed 10 million coronavirus infections, the United States topped nine million and France entered a new lockdown on Friday as the resurgent pandemic increasingly forced other countries to consider following suit. Belgium became the latest European country to tighten restrictions as virus numbers skyrocket across the continent, which recorded 41 percent more cases this week than the previous seven …

'Half-measures don't work': Lockdown no longer a dirty word in COVID-weary Europe
4 years, 2 months ago

'Half-measures don't work': Lockdown no longer a dirty word in COVID-weary Europe

ABC  

When German bombs started falling on London in 1940, Winston Churchill's advisers predicted most people would flee their homes. Key points: After a summer of excess, many European countries are now being forced to lockdown over rising COVID-19 cases After a summer of excess, many European countries are now being forced to lockdown over rising COVID-19 cases France, Germany, Ireland …

700-km long traffic jam as people in Paris flee France ahead of coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 2 months ago

700-km long traffic jam as people in Paris flee France ahead of coronavirus lockdown

India Today  

As France announced a country-wide lockdown beginning Friday, people in Paris started fleeing for the countryside on Thursday evening, causing logjams that stretched for 435 miles at one point. As novel coronavirus cases swelled in France, French President Emmanuel Macron ordered the second lockdown to put brakes on Covid-19 surge. In France, concerns were growing that rising infections would swamp …

France imposes month-long national lockdown as covid cases surge: What changes in new shutdown
4 years, 2 months ago

France imposes month-long national lockdown as covid cases surge: What changes in new shutdown

India TV News  

French President Emmanuel Macron ordered his country into a new month-long, nationwide lockdown Wednesday aimed at stopping a fast-rising tide of virus patients filling French hospitals, but said schools and some workplaces will stay open. France announces new month-long lockdown | What we know With over 520 deaths recorded Tuesday, the French leader said the measure that will come into …

Coronavirus France: Macron's 5,000-a-day cases target is impossible, scientific adviser says
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus France: Macron's 5,000-a-day cases target is impossible, scientific adviser says

Daily Mail  

French lockdown restrictions due to come into force Friday morning at 00:01am Emmanuel Macron's target of slashing France's coronavirus infections to 5,000 a day is impossible to achieve in the month-long lockdown he announced last night, his top scientific adviser said today. French leader Emmanuel Macron last night announced a new nationwide lockdown, claiming that 400,000 people will die of …

'Lockdown 2' Memes Flood Indian Twitter After France, Germany Impose Coronavirus Restrictions
4 years, 2 months ago

'Lockdown 2' Memes Flood Indian Twitter After France, Germany Impose Coronavirus Restrictions

News 18  

#Lockdown2 has been the top trend on Indian Twitter all through Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered their countries back into lockdown on Wednesday, as a massive second wave of coronavirus infections threatened to overwhelm Europe before the winter. As European countries enter lockdown again, “Lockdown 2” began trending in India with several speculating that …

French sports minister says professional sport to continue even as nation goes into second lockdown
4 years, 2 months ago

French sports minister says professional sport to continue even as nation goes into second lockdown

Firstpost  

Sports minister Roxana Maracineanu’s announcement came just hours after French President Emmanuel Macron said a new coronavirus lockdown would be introduced until at least 1 December. Paris: Professional sports tournaments in France can continue despite the country being ordered into a second national lockdown, said sports minister Roxana Maracineanu early Thursday. Her announcement came just hours after French President Emmanuel …

France poised to issue stay-at-home order: Report
4 years, 2 months ago

France poised to issue stay-at-home order: Report

Live Mint  

France is preparing this week to order people to stay in their homes except for essential journeys, work, or exercise, in a fresh attempt to curb the COVID-19 epidemic, according to two industry sources familiar with the government's planning. The industry sources said that the new restrictions would be nationwide, and similar in scope to a lockdown that was enforced …

France is latest nation to return to lockdown amid COVID surge
4 years, 2 months ago

France is latest nation to return to lockdown amid COVID surge

Al Jazeera  

The new lockdown announced by French President Emmanuel Macron will begin Friday and last until December 1. France will go back into a nationwide lockdown starting this week to try to contain the COVID-19 pandemic that is again threatening to spiral out of control, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an address to the nation on Wednesday. The new measures …

France has ‘lost control’ of coronavirus, doctor warns, as Europe wrestles with big second wave
4 years, 2 months ago

France has ‘lost control’ of coronavirus, doctor warns, as Europe wrestles with big second wave

LA Times  

A French doctor warned Monday that his country has “lost control of the epidemic,” a day after health authorities reported more than 52,000 new coronavirus cases and as nations across Europe enact more sweeping restrictions to try to slow surging infection rates. In France, Dr. Jean-François Delfraissy, president of the scientific council that advises the French government on the coronavirus, …

Too early to say if partial lockdown is working, prime minister says
4 years, 2 months ago

Too early to say if partial lockdown is working, prime minister says

Dutch News  

It is still far too early to tell if the partial lockdown announced on October 13 is having an effect on the spread of coronavirus in the Netherlands, prime minister Mark Rutte said at his weekly press conference after the cabinet meeting. The number of positive tests notified to the public health institute RIVM in the 24 hours to Friday …

Lockdown or a drip feed of Covid restrictions? One path is better for the economy
4 years, 2 months ago

Lockdown or a drip feed of Covid restrictions? One path is better for the economy

CNN  

London CNN Business — Governments across Europe are choosing between two vastly different strategies as a second wave of Covid-19 arrives in force. Robert Jenrick, the UK housing minister, told the BBC on Tuesday that Johnson’s government had “to balance protecting people’s lives,” with keeping people in education and employment. “No options are to be excluded considering the situation we …

Don’t kid yourself – a long, hard winter of lockdown awaits
4 years, 2 months ago

Don’t kid yourself – a long, hard winter of lockdown awaits

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I don’t mean that large numbers …

'We need to go back into lockdown,' Dutch acute care chief says
4 years, 2 months ago

'We need to go back into lockdown,' Dutch acute care chief says

Dutch News  

The Netherlands needs to go back into lockdown as a matter of urgency to prevent hospitals becoming overloaded again, the head of the country’s intensive care association has said in a newspaper interview. Diederik Gommers told the AD he had had enough of the ‘half-baked’ measures brought in by the cabinet since the number of coronavirus infections began to rise. …

'We need to go back into lockdown,' Dutch acute care chief says
4 years, 2 months ago

'We need to go back into lockdown,' Dutch acute care chief says

Dutch News  

The Netherlands needs to go back into lockdown as a matter of urgency to prevent hospitals becoming overloaded again, the head of the country’s intensive care association has said in a newspaper interview. Diederik Gommers told the AD he had had enough of the ‘half-baked’ measures brought in by the cabinet since the number of coronavirus infections began to rise. …

French hospitals delay operations to cope with COVID surge
4 years, 3 months ago

French hospitals delay operations to cope with COVID surge

Associated Press  

PARIS — Hospitals in the Paris and Marseille regions are delaying some scheduled operations to free up space for COVID-19 patients as the French government tries to stem a rising tide of coronavirus infections, the health minister said Sunday. As restaurants and bars in Marseille prepared to shut down Sunday night for a week as part of scattered new French …

Dr RENEE HOENDERKAMP argues more coronavirus shutdowns would turn dangerous situation into disaster
4 years, 3 months ago

Dr RENEE HOENDERKAMP argues more coronavirus shutdowns would turn dangerous situation into disaster

Daily Mail  

Of all the muddled, panicky, flip-flop responses by the Government to the Covid-19 pandemic, the introduction of a so-called ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown this week would be the worst yet. Six months ago, when the coronavirus took hold in Britain, the Prime Minister imposed a draconian lockdown that forced people to stay indoors What I did not foresee, back in March, …

'Exponential' virus spread in France as schools set to open
4 years, 4 months ago

'Exponential' virus spread in France as schools set to open

India Today  

With France's national health agency decrying an "exponential" rise in new virus infections, French President Emmanuel Macron has said he couldn't rule out a new nationwide lockdown. Macron said the government favours regional measures to stop outbreaks and will do everything it can to prevent a new nationwide lockdown by "learning to live with the virus." Amid worries that France …

France sinks deeper into recession, with 14% GDP hit in 2Q
4 years, 5 months ago

France sinks deeper into recession, with 14% GDP hit in 2Q

The Hindu  

France’s economy shrank by nearly 14% in the second quarter when the country was in coronavirus-related lockdown, a third consecutive quarter of negative growth in a worsening recession, the national statistics agency said on July 31. France’s economy was already slowing, shrinking by 0.2% in the last quarter of 2019, before the pandemic hit with full force. French GDP shrank …

Coronavirus | France reopens economy to quicken virus recovery
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus | France reopens economy to quicken virus recovery

The Hindu  

President Emmanuel Macron announced that France is fully reopening its economy, including all restaurants, to accelerate the country’s recovery after virus crisis. Mr. Macron said restaurants in the Paris region will be allowed to open indoor seating starting on June 15. From June 22, all nursery schools, primary schools and junior high schools will be open and mandatory for all …

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