French doctor warns his country has ‘lost control’ of virus
4 years, 2 months ago

French doctor warns his country has ‘lost control’ of virus

Associated Press  

PARIS — 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 as nations across Europe enact more sweeping restrictions to try to slow surging infection rates. Dr. Jean-François Delfraissy, president of the scientific council that advises the French government on the virus, said the country is in a “very difficult, even critical situation.” “There probably are more than 50,000 new cases every day. “We lost control of the epidemic several weeks ago already.” Europe’s confirmed death toll has surpassed 250,000 according to a count by Johns Hopkins University, which puts the global toll at more than 1.1 million. It’s sad but we have been asked to do it and we comply with the rules.” Italy has been registering around 20,000 new confirmed infections per day and health authorities have warned that some hospital COVID-19 wards risk hitting the saturation point in the next week or two.

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With hospitalizations up, France weighs return to masks
2 years, 6 months ago

With hospitalizations up, France weighs return to masks

Associated Press  

NICE, France — Tourism is booming again in France — and so is COVID-19. French officials have “invited” or “recommended” people to go back to using face masks but stopped short of renewing restrictions that would scare visitors away or revive antigovernment protests. After the prime minister this week recommended that people resume wearing masks on public transportation, commuter Raphaelle …

‘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 …

France allows some COVID infected medics to keep working
3 years ago

France allows some COVID infected medics to keep working

India TV News  

Highlights France allowing health care workers who are COVID infected to keep treating patients The special exemption to France’s quarantine rules being rolled out to hospitals Govts, industries have warned that isolation rules are creating staff shortages France is allowing health care workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients rather …

France allows some COVID-19-infected medics to keep working
3 years ago

France allows some COVID-19-infected medics to keep working

Associated Press  

LE PECQ, France — France is allowing health care workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients rather than self-isolate, an extraordinary stopgap measure aimed at easing staff shortages at hospitals and other facilities caused by an unprecedented explosion in cases. The special exemption to France’s quarantine rules being rolled out …

France hits staggering new case record, Europe’s highest
3 years ago

France hits staggering new case record, Europe’s highest

Associated Press  

PARIS — France announced a staggering 332,252 daily virus cases Wednesday, smashing a string of recent records, as hospitals prepared drastic measures to brace for patient surges and the government strained to avoid a new lockdown. With Europe’s highest-ever single-day confirmed infection count, France is facing an omicron-driven surge that is dominating the race for April’s presidential election and increasingly …

France sees record 271,000 coronavirus cases in single day
3 years ago

France sees record 271,000 coronavirus cases in single day

Associated Press  

PARIS — France reported a record-smashing 271,686 daily virus cases on Tuesday as omicron infections race across the country, burdening hospital staff and threatening to disrupt transport, schools and other services. But with Europe’s highest number of confirmed daily virus cases, after weeks of record-breaking figures, France is in an increasingly challenging position. France’s average daily case load has more …

France rolls out Covid app required to enter cinemas and museums as cases surge
3 years, 5 months ago

France rolls out Covid app required to enter cinemas and museums as cases surge

The Independent  

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Coronavirus lockdown in France send Parisians flocking to the River Seine
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown in France send Parisians flocking to the River Seine

ABC  

As sunshine radiates across Paris, locals have flocked to the River Seine despite another nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in France. Key points: Across France, citizens are allowed outside within a 10-kilometre radius of their homes The latest lockdown comes as France attempts to control a third coronavirus wave This hasn't deterred Parisians from congregating on the banks of the River Seine …

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 …

LIVE: Italy adds 25,735 fresh Covid-19 cases, 386 more deaths
3 years, 9 months ago

LIVE: Italy adds 25,735 fresh Covid-19 cases, 386 more deaths

Hindustan Times  

With the hike in daily coronavirus cases, many states have begun imposing strict measures to contain the spread. India on Friday registered the highest spike in daily coronavirus disease cases in more than 100 days as it reported more than 35,000 cases in 24 hours. The rise of 17,958 cases from Wednesday took the active cases tally to over 2.52 …

Coronavirus: Europe has missed its chance to stop the third wave. The US could be next
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Europe has missed its chance to stop the third wave. The US could be next

CNN  

CNN — Europe has missed its chance to stop the third wave of the coronavirus epidemic before it got out of control. Alessandro Grimaldi, the director of infectious diseases at Salvatore Hospital in the Italian town of L’Aquila, told CNN the new more contagious variant had “changed the game,” adding that “inevitably, the measures taken to prevent the infection have …

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  

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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 …

Under fire, France pledges speedier vaccination rollout
4 years ago

Under fire, France pledges speedier vaccination rollout

Associated Press  

PARIS — Under fire for a glacially slow rollout of coronavirus vaccine shots, France’s government pledged Thursday to pick up the pace, offering quicker inoculation to a broader array of health care workers starting next week. President Emmanuel Macron also intervened in what was becoming an increasingly sharp debate about the slow start of vaccinations against the virus in France. …

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  

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Coronavirus is 'out of control' in Germany, minister says
4 years ago

Coronavirus is 'out of control' in Germany, minister says

Daily Mail  

The coronavirus outbreak is 'out of control' in Germany as cases and deaths continue to rise after a failed 'lockdown light', Angela Merkel's economy minister said today. After failing to come down significantly during the 'lockdown light', the infection rate has now risen again in Germany, prompting tough new measures over Christmas The death rate has also continued to rise …

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 …

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  

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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 …

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 …

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, …

Covid-19: French virus curfew produces eerie quiet on streets of Paris
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19: French virus curfew produces eerie quiet on streets of Paris

Live Mint  

PARIS: The streets of Paris and eight other French cities were deserted on Saturday night on the first day of the government-imposed 9 p.m. curfew that is scheduled to last for at least four weeks. The measure was announced by French President Emmanuel Macron to curb the resurgent coronavirus as new infections peaked to over 30,000 a day. I think …

WHO warns Europe virus surge of ’great concern’
4 years, 2 months ago

WHO warns Europe virus surge of ’great concern’

Live Mint  

European countries have unveiled tough new measures to try to curb a surge in coronavirus infections which the World Health Organization warned Thursday is of "great concern". And in France, police searched the home of the health minister as part of a probe into the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis, as new daily cases topped 30,000 for the first …

Europe reels as it sets new coronavirus records, imposes new restrictions
4 years, 2 months ago

Europe reels as it sets new coronavirus records, imposes new restrictions

LA Times  

Fears rose Thursday that Europe is running out of chances to control its fall coronavirus outbreak, as infections hit record daily highs in Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy and Poland. The head of the World Health Organization’s Europe office urged governments to be “uncompromising” in their efforts to control the spread of the virus. “These measures are meant to keep …

Paris Under Curfew: Europe Reacts As Countries See Highest-Ever Coronavirus Numbers
4 years, 2 months ago

Paris Under Curfew: Europe Reacts As Countries See Highest-Ever Coronavirus Numbers

NPR  

Paris Under Curfew: Europe Reacts As Countries See Highest-Ever Coronavirus Numbers Enlarge this image toggle caption Chesnot/Getty Images Chesnot/Getty Images Coronavirus restrictions are taking effect in the Netherlands, the U.K., the Czech Republic and other parts of Europe on Wednesday as nations try to reverse an alarming wave in new cases. Sponsor Message Europe's infection rate "has been increasing for …

Paris hospitals on emergency footing as virus cases rise
4 years, 3 months ago

Paris hospitals on emergency footing as virus cases rise

Associated Press  

PARIS — French health authorities on Thursday ordered Paris hospitals to activate emergency measures to cope with fast-rising numbers of COVID-19 patients and announced stricter restrictions in four big cities were the virus is spreading rapidly. Health Minister Olivier Veran said the virus situation “keeps deteriorating in France unfortunately” with “more and more people infected” and “more and more people …

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 …

'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 …

Second Wave of Coronavirus Could Hit France in November, Government Advisor Says
4 years, 4 months ago

Second Wave of Coronavirus Could Hit France in November, Government Advisor Says

News 18  

A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic could hit France in November, a government advisor told local media on Wednesday, as the city of Marseille tightened restrictions to fight the outbreak. Authorities in Marseille said late on Tuesday that bars and restaurants would have shorter opening times, and they also broadened mandatory mask-wearing in the southern port city between Aug. …

Coronavirus outbreak in French naturist resort sees 100 test positive in days
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak in French naturist resort sees 100 test positive in days

The Independent  

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WHO hopes coronavirus pandemic ends in 2 years as Europe battles rising cases
4 years, 4 months ago

WHO hopes coronavirus pandemic ends in 2 years as Europe battles rising cases

India Today  

The world should be able to rein in the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years, the World Health Organisation said on Friday, as European nations battled rising numbers of new cases. France also reported a second consecutive day of more than 4,000 new cases -- numbers not seen since May -- with metropolitan areas accounting for most of those …

Paris, Marseille named as high-risk Covid-19 zones, making curbs likelier
4 years, 4 months ago

Paris, Marseille named as high-risk Covid-19 zones, making curbs likelier

Live Mint  

Paris: The French government on Friday declared Paris and Marseille and its surrounding area high-risk zones for the coronavirus, granting authorities there powers to impose localised curbs to contain the spread of the disease. On Thursday, France reported more than 2,500 new COVID-19 infections for the second day in a row, levels last seen in mid-April when the country was …

Coronavirus France: ‘Troubling’ signs virus is re-emerging fastest among young people
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus France: ‘Troubling’ signs virus is re-emerging fastest among young people

The Independent  

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Coronavirus: France discovers undiagnosed COVID-19 patient from December
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: France discovers undiagnosed COVID-19 patient from December

Live Mint  

A patient hospitalized with flu-like symptoms at the end of December in France turned out to have had Covid-19, a finding that suggests the new coronavirus was spreading there at least a month earlier than official records show. The finding contradicts official statistics, which show the first Covid-19 cases in France occurred in people who returned from Wuhan, China, at …

Now is not the time to relax coronavirus restrictions: WHO Europe
4 years, 9 months ago

Now is not the time to relax coronavirus restrictions: WHO Europe

The Hindu  

Despite “positive signs” from some countries, it is too early to scale back measures aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus, the World Health Organization’s European office said Wednesday. “Now is not the time to relax measures,” WHO regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, told a news conference. Second, authorities needed to focus on stopping and slowing the spread …

France turns to speedy trains to catch up in virus response
4 years, 9 months ago

France turns to speedy trains to catch up in virus response

Associated Press  

PARIS — The high-speed train whooshing past historic World War I battle zones and through the chateau-speckled Loire Valley carried a delicate cargo: 20 critically ill COVID-19 patients and the machines helping keep them alive. “This time it’s about saving public hospitals, which are going up in smoke at the same speed as Notre Dame almost did.” Many think Macron …

Coronavirus: More than 350,000 people fined in France for breaking lockdown rules
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: More than 350,000 people fined in France for breaking lockdown rules

The Independent  

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Coronavirus | France reports record 499 deaths in 24 hours
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | France reports record 499 deaths in 24 hours

The Hindu  

France on Tuesday reported its highest daily number of deaths from COVID-19 since the coronavirus epidemic began, saying 499 more people had died in hospital to bring the toll to 3,523. There are now 22,757 people hospitalised in France with the disease, with 5,565 of them in intensive care, health official Jerome Salomon told reporters in his daily update. Mr. …

France extends coronavirus lockdown by 2 weeks
4 years, 9 months ago

France extends coronavirus lockdown by 2 weeks

India TV News  

The French government has decided to extend the nationwide lockdown by two weeks until April 15 to combat the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced. It has submerged eastern France and now it is arriving in the Paris region and northern France," Xinhua news agency quoted Philippe as saying on Friday. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases …

Solidarity: Foreign hospitals help French virus hotspot cope
4 years, 9 months ago

Solidarity: Foreign hospitals help French virus hotspot cope

Associated Press  

STRASBOURG, France — The eastern French border city of Mulhouse was fought over by France and Germany across two centuries, but the horrors of the new coronavirus cluster tearing through this community of 110,000 is inspiring unusual solidarity. The spokesman of Baden-Wuerttemberg state’s health ministry said the state would “naturally try to help our French neighbors,” and authorities have asked …

Coronavirus | France locks down over pandemic fears
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | France locks down over pandemic fears

The Hindu  

France moved into a near-total lockdown on Tuesday over fears of COVID-19 spread, the latest country to impose draconian restrictions affecting the lives of millions of people. With French President Emmanuel Macron describing the battle against COVID-19 as a “war”, governments around the world are scrambling to keep the public safe with measures rarely seen in peacetime, slamming borders shut …

France says people must stay home to slow spread of coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

France says people must stay home to slow spread of coronavirus

India TV News  

France said Monday that it would follow other European countries in confining residents mostly to their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the European Union considered closing its external borders to foreign travelers to impede infections. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said people with “the most serious health conditions” should be “shielded” from social contacts for 12 weeks, starting this weekend. …

Coronavirus Italy: Mother on lockdown warns about severity of Covid-19
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Italy: Mother on lockdown warns about severity of Covid-19

The Independent  

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Coronavirus: Situation ‘deteriorating very fast’ in France amid reports Paris will be quarantined
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Situation ‘deteriorating very fast’ in France amid reports Paris will be quarantined

The Independent  

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France to deploy 100,000 police to enforce coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

France to deploy 100,000 police to enforce coronavirus lockdown

Al Jazeera  

Macron says restrictions, including punishment for those who flout rules, needed as people ignored previous warnings. French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered stringent restrictions on people’s movement to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and said the army would be drafted in to help move the sick to hospitals. France had already shut down restaurants and bars, closed schools and …

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