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 in spring this year, when hospitalisations and deaths caused by the virus reached a peak. Under that lockdown, people were allowed out for essential work, to seek medical care, to buy essential goods, or for one hour of exercise daily. However, in a departure from the spring lockdown, the government is planning to keep most schools open, according to the sources.

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France to offer state-funded therapy as COVID sharpens focus on mental health
3 years, 3 months ago

France to offer state-funded therapy as COVID sharpens focus on mental health

LA Times  

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers speaks at the national convention on mental health and psychiatry in Paris on Tuesday. Psychology appointments in France will be funded by the government starting next year, President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday, amid growing awareness and concern about the importance of mental health. Acknowledging both the psychological impact of government COVID restrictions and past government …

France begins requiring COVID-19 health pass in restaurants and on trains
3 years, 5 months ago

France begins requiring COVID-19 health pass in restaurants and on trains

LA Times  

A security officer checks passengers’ digital health passes at the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris on Monday. France took a big step Monday into a post-pandemic future by requiring people to show a QR code proving they have a special health pass before they can enjoy restaurants and cafes or travel across the country. The pass is now …

France Passes Law That Makes A Coronavirus Health Pass Required For Dining And Travel
3 years, 5 months ago

France Passes Law That Makes A Coronavirus Health Pass Required For Dining And Travel

NPR  

France Passes Law That Makes A Coronavirus Health Pass Required For Dining And Travel Enlarge this image toggle caption Rafael Yaghobzadeh/AP Rafael Yaghobzadeh/AP PARIS — France's parliament approved a law early Monday requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and domestic travel and mandating vaccinations for all health workers. It also requires a "health pass" to enter all restaurants, trains, …

French parliament OKs restaurant COVID pass, vaccine rules
3 years, 5 months ago

French parliament OKs restaurant COVID pass, vaccine rules

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s parliament approved a law early Monday requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and domestic travel and mandating vaccinations for all health workers. About 160,000 people protested around France on Saturday against a special COVID-19 pass for restaurants and mandatory vaccinations for health workers. Visiting a hospital in French Polynesia afterward, Macron urged national unity and asked, …

France: Macron calls for unity after anti-vaccine protests
3 years, 5 months ago

France: Macron calls for unity after anti-vaccine protests

The Independent  

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Parisians Tuck Into Coffee and Croissants Again as Cafes Reopen After 6-month Shutdown
3 years, 7 months ago

Parisians Tuck Into Coffee and Croissants Again as Cafes Reopen After 6-month Shutdown

News 18  

For Parisian Elie Ayache, the world felt a little more normal on Wednesday after the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic: he was back at his favourite cafe, drinking his morning coffee and eating a croissant. “I was impatient to get back to my life, and to the person that I was before,” said Ayache, as he sat on the terrace …

France reopens schools as virus patients numbers peak
3 years, 8 months ago

France reopens schools as virus patients numbers peak

Associated Press  

PARIS — Nursery and primary schools reopened on Monday across France after a three-week closure in the first step out of the country’s partial lockdown, despite numbers of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units reaching their highest level since last spring. “We’re going to gradually reopen,” President Emmanuel Macron said while visiting a primary school on Monday in Melun, south …

France to impose entry restrictions on travelers from India
3 years, 8 months ago

France to impose entry restrictions on travelers from India

Associated Press  

PARIS — France will impose new entry restrictions on travelers from India to fight a contagious coronavirus variant spreading in that country, an official said Wednesday. A variant first identified in England is now responsible for about 80% of the virus cases in France, while the variants first seen in Brazil and South Africa make up less than 4% of …

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, …

France to close schools and ban domestic travel as virus surges
3 years, 9 months ago

France to close schools and ban domestic travel as virus surges

LA Times  

French President Emmanuel Macron gives a TV address to the nation in Paris on March 31, 2021. Macron has announced a three-week nationwide school closure and a monthlong domestic travel ban in an effort to fight the rapid spread of the virus. French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced a three-week nationwide school closure and a monthlong domestic travel ban, …

Macron: New Covid-19 rules in France as hospitalizations soar
3 years, 9 months ago

Macron: New Covid-19 rules in France as hospitalizations soar

CNN  

Paris CNN — French President Emmanuel Macron announced tougher national coronavirus restrictions Wednesday, saying the country must take a “new direction” in its approach to fighting Covid-19 or risk “losing control” over the virus. In his televised address, Macron said France would be extending the regional “reinforced slow-down” restrictions, already in place in 19 areas of the country, to all …

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 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 …

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  

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

France easing lockdown in three stages

The Independent  

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

France's Education Minister Says 22 Schools Closed amid Surge in Coronavirus Cases
4 years, 4 months ago

France's Education Minister Says 22 Schools Closed amid Surge in Coronavirus Cases

News 18  

France’s education minister on Friday said 22 schools have had to shut on French territory due to the coronavirus since pupils returned to school this week, emphasising that over half of these were in the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion. Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer told Europe 1 radio that he was however pleased with how the return to school …

'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 may be added to UK Covid quarantine list this week and Netherlands and Malta could be next
4 years, 4 months ago

France may be added to UK Covid quarantine list this week and Netherlands and Malta could be next

Daily Mail  

Fears are growing today that France will be added to the UK's quarantine travel list within days, leaving thousands of Britons facing weeks in isolation upon their return. Boris Johnson warned that ministers will 'not hesitate' to impose a quarantine system for travellers from other countries to the UK if needed Rising cases: Spain has suffered a severe spike in …

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 …

Elementary, preschools to be open in France amid coronavirus crisis
4 years, 8 months ago

Elementary, preschools to be open in France amid coronavirus crisis

India Today  

Coronavirus lockdown is coming to an end in France after eight week. Coronavirus: Precautions taken to be taken at schools in France Only preschools and elementary schools are set to start up at first, and classes will be capped at 10 students at preschools and 15 elsewhere. Preschools to be opened in France Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer estimated that 80% …

Coronavirus: France enters recession as economy shrinks 6% in worst slowdown since Second World War
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: France enters recession as economy shrinks 6% in worst slowdown since Second World War

The Independent  

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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  

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 More than 350,000 people have …

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 …

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 …

'We are at war': French president Emmanuel Macron announces curbs to combat coronavirus, introduces fines to prohibit non-essential travel
4 years, 9 months ago

'We are at war': French president Emmanuel Macron announces curbs to combat coronavirus, introduces fines to prohibit non-essential travel

Firstpost  

‘From tomorrow at noon and for at least 15 days, our trips will be greatly reduced,’ Macron said in a televised address. French President Emmanuel Macron said that starting on Tuesday, people would be allowed to leave the place they live only for necessary activities such as shopping for food, going to work or taking a walk. British citizens would …

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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Coronavirus cases jump as France closes all cafes and other non-essential locations in call for 'more discipline'
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus cases jump as France closes all cafes and other non-essential locations in call for 'more discipline'

ABC  

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has ordered the closure of all non-essential public locations, including restaurants, cafes, cinemas and clubs, in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Key points: Grocery stores, pharmacies, banks and other public services including transport will remain open French authorities had already shut down all schools and banned gatherings of more than 100 people Nationwide municipal elections …

France Is Closing Most Shops And Restaurants To Fight Coronavirus Spread
4 years, 9 months ago

France Is Closing Most Shops And Restaurants To Fight Coronavirus Spread

Huff Post  

PARIS, March 14 - France will shut most shops, restaurants and entertainment facilities from midnight on Saturday as part of measures to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said. He was speaking at a news conference after the public health authority said 91 people had died in France and almost 4,500 were now infected. A …

Coronavirus: France to close all schools and universities, Macron says
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: France to close all schools and universities, Macron says

The Independent  

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