02:13As many as one million people could be plunged into #poverty by the #pandemic. Charities have also been impacted. Here is a closer look at the economic damage wrought by the corona
05:41#France said Tuesday it was preparing to kick off a nationwide #Covid #vaccination campaign in January when it hopes virus shots will be approved and available. The government is w
02:00French Prime Minister Jean #Castex said on Thursday that the #Covid-19 situation is very "worrying" in 20 French departments and that stricter limits on movement will be enforced i
01:18#France has begun imposing tough new #border restrictions, banning all but essential travel from outside the #EU and tightening #Covid-19 testing requirements on travellers from wi
05:06French President Emmanuel #Macron tested #positive for #Covid-19 Thursday, following a week when he has met with numerous European leaders. The French and Spanish prime ministers a
01:31New confirmed #coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours in #France jumped to 13,713 on Tuesday, from 3,411 on Monday and 8,083 last Tuesday, health ministry data showed. Frenc
04:22#France's Health Ministry has asked regional health agencies and #hospitals to enter "#crisis organisation" to prepare for a possible surge in #coronavirus cases as a result of hig
01:15Jean Castex is not expected to announce any new measure on Thursday evening, on the other hand there will be no lifting of any restriction either. The second lockdown will last, at
05:37The French government admitted on Wednesday that current restrictions designed to contain the spread of #coronavirus were not enough, raising the prospect of a third nationwide #lo
02:34#Israel's initial #vaccination rollout appears to be unfolding successfully, with some two million citizens having received the first of two required injections of the Pfizer-BioNT
03:31Pharmaceutical giants scrambled Monday to announce ramped-up production and deliveries of #vaccines hours ahead of talks called by German Chancellor Angela #Merkel as fury grows in
01:16FRANCE 24's Health Editor Julia Sieger tells us why #virus #variants are not always more contagious or more deadly, and are actually more #common than we think.
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01:44#Britain is facing a long, bleak winter as cold, wet weather and a more contagious #variant of the coronavirus put unprecedented strain on the nation's #hospitals and force record
05:30The Secretary General of South Africa's ruling ANC party, Ace Magashule, has been charged with multiple counts of fraud, money laundering and corruption. He is accused of embezzlin
40:29What now for Myanmar? Where it is back to power for the junta that never quite went away when it handed over to civilian rule five years ago. And back to jail or house arrest for
42:31Help is on the way. Dateline Coventry, England. A 90-year old pensioner applauded after becoming the first member of the general public to get her Covid vaccine jab and what a feat
12:23This week, we're looking at the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus in France. As many as one million people could be plunged into poverty by the pandemic. Charities have al
02:14A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in #Wuhan Thursday to probe the origins of the #coronavirus more than a year after it emerged, although two members wer
05:17In #Italy, more than 100,000 people working in the north have returned to their native villages in the south because of the #Covid-19 pandemic. They are continuing to work for thei
12:44As the French government rolls out its Covid-19 vaccination campaign, we’re putting the focus on the country's response. While many pandemic-weary nations view this fast-tracked me
05:19In the race to create a #Covid-19 #vaccine, two French hopefuls have slipped from frontrunners to laggards. The Pasteur Institute's decision to stop developing its most promising v
45:22The year 2020 may have ended with Christmas effectively cancelled in Britain, but the country broke ground in offering its population a shot in the arm. Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-
45:22The year 2020 may have ended with Christmas effectively cancelled in Britain, but the country broke ground in offering its population a shot in the arm. Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-
02:45The death rate increases in Italy, on Thursday the italian authorities counted 623 covid related death in the last 24 hours. It's the deadliest day in the last 6 months.
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00:45Prime Minister Jean Castex told a press briefing Thursday that France’s border with the UK will remain shut and efforts would be made to expand and fast-track vaccinations as he wa
04:48Can we prevent #lockdowns by instead taking better care of at-risk and elderly people? Most governments have rejected the idea, but the south-western German city of Tübingen has ma
01:18Germany partially closed its borders with the Czech Republic and Austria's Tyrol on Sunday over a troubling surge in coronavirus mutations, drawing a swift rebuke from the European
01:49Germany will close most shops from Wednesday until Jan. 10 as it tightens coronavirus restrictions and tries to rein in the spread of the disease, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on
