France tightens its measures, “we must not joke with these rules and that is why we have increased the fines”

France tightens its measures, “we must not joke with these rules and that is why we have increased the fines”

Posted on Monday, March 23, 2020 at 8:34 p.m. Through Sudinfo with AFP — Edouard Philippe announced on Monday new restrictions to fight against the coronavirus epidemic with the limitation of exits to 1 kilometer from his home, for a maximum of 1 hour, and the closure, unless otherwise agreed, of open-air food markets. – … Read more

France announces health emergency – news

France announces health emergency – news

France’s parliament voted Sunday night to pass a health emergency to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The French parliament has decided the health emergency. For reasons of infection protection, only a small proportion of the members of the National Assembly voted by hand, shortly before the Senate had approved the law. With the publication of the … Read more

Coronavirus: behind the scenes of the standoff between Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson

Coronavirus: behind the scenes of the standoff between Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson

Everything was ready to close the border between France and the United Kingdom by Friday evening. In the morning, Emmanuel Macron called the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to warn him: if he persisted in taking no measures to stop the progression of the coronavirus pandemic on his territory, France would have no other choice … Read more

French people confined, will the Internet hold up?

French people confined, will the Internet hold up?

The use of the Internet and telephony explodes at the time of confinement. Telecommunications operators assure that the networks can hold up, but ask the French to show civility in their consumption. At the time of confinement, the nearly 67 million French people called to stay at home are rushing to the Internet and telephone … Read more

Amazon stops delivering non-essential products to France and Italy

Amazon stops delivering non-essential products to France and Italy

Published on : 03/21/2020 – 22:24 – The giant Amazon announced Saturday that it would stop delivering non-essential products to consumers in France and Italy because of the obligation to comply with the sanitary measures put in place to fight against the epidemic of coronavirus. Amazon is taking another step to conserve resources in regions … Read more

562 deaths and 6,172 hospitalized to date in France

562 deaths and 6,172 hospitalized to date in France

Posted on Saturday March 21, 2020 at 7:20 p.m. Through dpa — The coronavirus epidemic has caused to date the death of 562 patients in hospital (112 additional in 24 hours) in France and 6,172 patients are hospitalized, including nearly 1,525 serious cases in intensive care, announced on Saturday the Ministry of Health. – – … Read more

Masks: crazy preparation

Masks: crazy preparation

Does France have enough protective masks to cope with the wave of coronavirus cases? While the country has been confined since Tuesday and the epidemic has already killed 450 people in the territory, the question is on everyone’s lips. In recent days, testimonies are pouring in on tense situations, even shortages, to equip professionals in … Read more

“We have changed scale and world”

“We have changed scale and world”

Published on : 03/20/2020 – 12:33Modified : 03/20/2020 – 12:33 – In one of his speeches to the nation, President Emmanuel Macron described covid-19 as the “most serious health crisis in a century”. 100 years ago, it was indeed the Spanish flu that raged around the world. However, are the two pandemics comparable? Between 30 … Read more

new rise in imported cases in mainland China

new rise in imported cases in mainland China

Through Le Figaro with Reuters The number of imported coronavirus contaminations increased again in mainland China on Friday, statistics released on Saturday by Chinese health officials show. For the third consecutive day, China has not officially registered any case of local transmission of the virus which appeared at the end of December in the Chinese … Read more