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It’s a weekend eve like no other. France enters its fourth day of confinement on Friday, while the coronavirus epidemic continues to spread. The latest report, given Thursday evening, reports 372 deaths and nearly 11,000 cases in the country. Emmanuel Macron denounced him for the behavior of some French people who take instructions “lightly”. In Europe, Italy continues to pay a heavy price, and now has more deaths than in China. Follow the situation live.
Information to remember:
- The death toll in France is 372 dead and nearly 11,000 cases
- Parliament votes “state of health emergency”
- Italy has more deaths than China
372 dead and nearly 11,000 cases in France
France deplored 108 new deaths Thursday in 24 hours, or 372 deaths in total. 10,995 cases of coronavirus were confirmed, including 1,122 in intensive care. “The cases of contamination double every four days” said the Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon, who warned that “the epidemic is large and spreading, with rapid and intense viral circulation”.
Emmanuel Macron criticizes those who do not respect the instructions
The images of crowded markets or joggers along the quays of big cities shocked many people, including the President of the Republic. “When I see that people continue to go to the park, to the beach or to rush to the open markets”, it is that “they did not understand the messages”, denounced Thursday Emmanuel Macron. Access to the beaches of the Mediterranean and Corsica has even been prohibited, while the city of Paris is considering closing the markets if there is no “improvement”.
But the containment measures should probably be extended beyond the two weeks initially agreed, warned Geneviève Chêne, director general of the public health agency France. According to a team of scientists, they could even stretch over long months to be fully effective. We explain all this in an article, to read only if you hold on:
Parliament votes “state of health emergency”
THE unprecedented crisis, unprecedented response: the National Assembly and the Senate, in reduced format, began to vote at full speed emergency measures to confront the epidemic of coronavirus. However, it was not until dawn that the Senate voted at first reading, after having largely amended it, the bill allowing the establishment of a state of health emergency. In the evening, the Assembly had unanimously voted the amending finance bill (PLFR), an amended budget to finance emergency measures. Political activity is struggling as best it can to continue.
The Parliament has been meeting since Thursday in close formation to validate the emergency measures to fight against the coronavirus. The financial component of this “state of health emergency” was adopted unanimously Thursday evening in the National Assembly.
A new Defense Council is also scheduled for Friday morning.
The sad record of Italy, Argentina confines its population, Rio closes its beaches and restaurants
Europe continues to be hit hard by the epidemic. The death toll in Italy surpassed that of China on Thursday, according to an AFP count, with 3,405 deaths. The Italian peninsula has more than 41,000 confirmed cases.
Argentina on Thursday decreed the containment of its population, some 44 million people, until the end of the month, and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil will close its beaches and restaurants, in an attempt to stem the epidemic of coronavirus. Argentina is the second Latin American country, after Venezuela, to decide on such drastic measures.
For the second consecutive day, China did not report any new local contamination on Friday to coronavirus
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