8:43 am: New restrictions in the North
The northern prefecture announced Monday evening the strengthening of health measures to deal with “the brutal acceleration” of the epidemic. Scheduled for September 19 and 20, the European Heritage Days (JEP) are canceled around Lille (MEL), Dunkirk (CUD), Maubeuge, Cambrai, Douaisis and even Valenciennes.
Neighbors’ Day, scheduled for Friday, is also canceled throughout the department and the obligation to wear a mask is extended “within a perimeter of 50 meters around establishments open to the public”.
Also find in this article the restriction measures announced Monday for Bordeaux and Marseille.
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Active circulation of the virus.
The incidence rate (number of confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitants) was 136.1 on 10/09 against 42.4 on 31/08.
Michel Lalande, prefect of #North and @Aris_hdf decided to implement new sanitary measures. pic.twitter.com/OBbOurSnYQ– Prefect of the Hauts-de-France and Northern region (@ prefet59) September 15, 2020
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8:30 am: WHO “screwed up”, says US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
The World Health Organization (WHO) has “screwed up”, said on Tuesday on France Inter the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, about the management of the coronavirus crisis. He thus reiterates the accusations of the United States which reproach the WHO for not having imposed “international regulations” on the Chinese and expressed concern about the “politicization” of the UN body.
“The WHO aims to prevent pandemics. And when the Chinese Communist Party genuinely hid what was happening in Wuhan, the WHO did not demand that the Chinese be subject to the same international regulations. did not. And that is why the United States is very concerned about the politicization of the WHO. “
US President Donald Trump also announced in mid-April to suspend the United States’ contribution to the WHO due to its “mismanagement” of the epidemic, stressing that the United States was contributing “400 to 500 million dollars a year “to the organization, against about 40 million dollars” and even less “for China.
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8:24 am: Sinai returns to its camel races
Scattered at the foot of the immense Tih plateau, in the center of Sinai, the Bedouin tents again adjoin the circular track where the traditional camel races take place after more than six months of interruption. The news broke earlier this month: the Bedouins of South Sinai have finally received the green light from the Egyptian authorities to organize their camel races.
From this weekend, surrounded by a vast cloud of dust, nearly 500 camels, male and female, set off to the enthusiastic cries of a few hundred men wearing traditional keffiyehs and galabeyas. This first gathering was only a training for the international race which should take place in October in Sharm el-Sheikh (east of the country).
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8:09 am: The prefects responsible for accelerating naturalization for foreigners on the front line
The Minister Delegate for Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, instructed the prefects to “accelerate” and “facilitate” the French naturalization of foreign nationals who have mobilized “on the front line” during the epidemic.
Concretely, “for naturalization files (…) the concept of” services rendered important “could be used to reduce the duration of the internship, that is to say the minimum duration of residence in France required, to two years , instead of five in common law “. In 2019, more than 112,000 people acquired French nationality, including more than 48,000 by naturalization, a procedure in sharp decline (-10%) compared to the previous year.
6:14 am: Concerns in Canada
The rise in coronavirus cases in Canada in recent days “should worry everyone,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, calling on his compatriots to remain “extremely vigilant”.
Canada recorded more than 1,300 new cases over the weekend, a level that had not been observed since the beginning of the summer.
6:12 a.m .: After the summer, it’s time to party
After the world of work and public space, the State is putting a turn on private gatherings in Bordeaux and Marseille, where the virus is actively circulating. On Sunday, doctors called for “whistling the end of recess” in the face of the resumption of the epidemic. To read in this article (subscribers link).
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What to remember this Tuesday morning
– The pandemic has killed at least 924,968 people worldwide since the end of December.
– France recorded 6,158 new cases in 24 hours and 34 deaths.
– The Monte-Carlo international festival, scheduled for January and the 2020 edition of the FIAC in Paris have been canceled.
– Faced with a sharp increase in the number of cases, the two large French cities of Bordeaux and Marseille announced new restrictive measures, including the ban on student parties and the cancellation of Heritage Days and the ban on gatherings of more than 10 people. We detail the measures in this article.
– “It will get harder”: the World Health Organization expects an increase in the number of deaths from Covid-19 in Europe in October and November.
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6:10 am: Follow the evolution of the pandemic live.
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