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 put ski resorts off-limits, but Macron said measures unprecedented in peacetime were needed as the number of infected people doubled every three days and deaths spiralled higher. Macron said tougher action was needed after too many people ignored earlier warnings and mingled in parks and on street corners over the weekend, risking their own health and the wellbeing of others. Seeking to offer reassurance to businesses, Macron said the government would guarantee 300 billion euros worth of loans.

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France: 600 people arrested, 200 officers hurt amid protests over fatal police shooting of teen driver
1 year, 6 months ago

France: 600 people arrested, 200 officers hurt amid protests over fatal police shooting of teen driver

India TV News  

French driver shooting: As violent protests in France entered their third day after a delivery driver was fatally shot by a police officer in Nanterre, a suburban area in Paris, over 600 people have been arrested across the country and 200 police officers were injured. France's Interior Ministry had earlier planned on deploying 40,000 police officers across the country in …

France braces for violence in new wave of pension protests
1 year, 9 months ago

France braces for violence in new wave of pension protests

The Independent  

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France steps up virus booster campaign as infections rise
3 years, 2 months ago

France steps up virus booster campaign as infections rise

The Independent  

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French police clash with anti-COVID pass protesters in Paris
3 years, 5 months ago

French police clash with anti-COVID pass protesters in Paris

Al Jazeera  

Some 3,000 security forces deployed around the French capital for a third weekend of protests against a health pass that will be needed to enter restaurants and other places. “We’re creating a segregated society and I think it is unbelievable to be doing this in the country of human rights,” Anne, a teacher who was demonstrating in Paris, told Reuters …

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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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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COVID-19: French President Macron offers to support India
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19: French President Macron offers to support India

India TV News  

As India battles a massive spike in coronavirus cases amid oxygen shortage, French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said France is ready to provide its support to the country to deal with the situation. "I want to send a message of solidarity to the Indian people, facing a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. India is struggling with the second wave 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’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 …

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 promises faster Covid-19 vaccine rollout after criticism
4 years ago

France promises faster Covid-19 vaccine rollout after criticism

Hindustan Times  

The French government, under pressure for lagging behind EU neighbours in rolling out Covid vaccinations, promised on Tuesday to dispense jabs much more quickly and catch up. France was currently taking delivery of 500,000 doses of a vaccine developed by Pfizer per week, Veran said. Health Minister Olivier Veran said more than 2,000 people had been vaccinated on Monday and …

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 …

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 …

'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 …

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 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 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 …

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, …

Paris curfew ordered amid massive surge in coronavirus cases, Macron says
4 years, 2 months ago

Paris curfew ordered amid massive surge in coronavirus cases, Macron says

The Independent  

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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 …

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 …

Have we given police too much power to enforce coronavirus rules?
4 years, 8 months ago

Have we given police too much power to enforce coronavirus rules?

ABC  

An unemployed man fined $1,000 for sitting in his car. But when Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced new social distancing rules to address coronavirus, many states hastily slapped together enforcement measures — becoming law at midnight, subject to revisions as confusion emerged and, most notably, reinforced by heavy fines and jail time. In speaking to the exercise of that discretion, …

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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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: Italy charges nearly 110,000 people for breaking lockdown rules as tougher sanctions introduced
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Italy charges nearly 110,000 people for breaking lockdown rules as tougher sanctions introduced

The Independent  

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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 …

France says ’we are at war’ against coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

France says ’we are at war’ against coronavirus

Live Mint  

coronavirus, coronavirus update, coronavirus France, coronavirus outbreak in France, French president Emmanuel Macron coronavirus pandemic, coronavirus in France, coronavirus cases in France, European Union, fight against coronavirus, coronavirus news, coronavirus latest news, coronavirus latest update, coronavirus livemint, health, science European leaders attempted to prepare their citizens for the unprecedented trials ahead as comprehensive curbs on national life come into force …

EU Locks Down Borders As France, Germany Tighten Restrictions To Control Coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

EU Locks Down Borders As France, Germany Tighten Restrictions To Control Coronavirus

NPR  

EU Locks Down Borders As France, Germany Tighten Restrictions To Control Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images Updated at 5:52 p.m. In a national television address on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said the move meant that all trips between EU and non-EU countries "will be suspended." Enlarge this image toggle caption Ludovic Marin/AFP …

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: 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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