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France will ban non-essential travel to and from Britain from the weekend to slow the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant that is causing record numbers of cases on the other side of the Channel,… 
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France’s largest stadium, the Stade de France, opened on Tuesday as its largest Covid-19 vaccination centre. Some 1,500 people made appointments for a jab at the venue to start a drive that health au…
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Biggest French stadium turned into a vaccination center
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Macron and several other European leaders who recently met him go into self-isolation
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Nearly 60,000 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours in France, almost 20,000 more than on Wednesday, making France the country with the highest number of cases in Europe. Denmark, mea…
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Despite its national lockdown, France is now the most hit country in Europe.
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This is due to a "sudden and spectacular" rise in COVID-19 cases over the past 10 days, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday.
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New measures taken in France this week including curfew in major cities.
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Global health authorities said Thursday European countries should be able to ride out a surge in coronavirus cases without reimposing full lockdowns, as the World Bank warned the crisis could push 100 million people into extreme poverty.
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Many countries as seeing a rise in their number of cases as we are also being warned about the long-term consequences of the pandemic.
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Both France and England are cracking down on mask use in public. Amid a slight Covid-19 pickup, France from August 1 will make masks compulsory in all indoor public spaces from libraries to restaurants. England meanwhile will enforce mandatory face covering in shops and supermarkets from July 24.
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France is to enforce law to make mask compulsory in all indoor spaces, England is also pushing for mask use to prevent a strong second wave.
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Workers are preparing the Eiffel Tower for reopening next week, after the coronavirus pandemic led to the iconic Paris landmark’s longest closure since World War II
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As the situation seems to be improving in France, major landmarks are reopening to tourists.
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France will confer a special honour on health workers who die from Covid while fighting the pandemic, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday.
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Official “died in the service of the republic” status will be given to French health workers who died fighting the pandemic, President Macron says.
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The French president rebuffed his advisers in January and opted against more restrictions, betting that inoculation would curb the pandemic. Instead, a new wave of infections is battering France.
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A third national lockdown announced in France yesterday
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Has Sweden's strategy served to protect its citizens from becoming tired of lockdown restrictions, while the thought of another lockdown leaves their European neighbours climbing the walls?
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Interesting comparison of two anti-covid strategies : Sweden vs France.
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The people of France have been told to “expect tough decisions” as President Emmanuel Macron hosts two emergency Defence Council meetings to discuss hardening restrictions against a brutal second wav…
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After Ireland and Wales, a new lockdown to be expected in France?
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France is set to raise the coronavirus alert level in Paris and other top cities to "scarlet", the highest level, as part of efforts to stem a continuing rise in the daily number of infections, a gov…
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France has raised its alert level in major cities such as Paris and Marseille as daily infections are increasing.
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Decision over country’s quarantine exemption status expected on Thursday
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With the number of cases rising in France, tourists may face restrictions upon return to the UK.
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Scientists say samples from Milan and Turin showed virus traces long before cases were confirmed.
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Studies in several countries seem to indicate that the Coronavirus outbreak happened earlier that we initially thought.
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France's digital minister says 600,000 people installed the app in its first hours of release.
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The StopCovid France app is designed to prevent a second wave of infections by using smartphone logs to warn users if they have been near someone who later tested positive for the virus.
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