01:37With French #universities in limbo amid the latest resurgence in #Covid-19 infections, alarm bells are ringing over the psychological and academic consequences of months of lockdow
12:53This week, we're putting the Focus on France's expat community. For French citizens living abroad, the pandemic has played out in a very different way than for their compatriots ba
05:05European Union leaders moved closer on Thursday to an agreement on certificates showing that citizens have been vaccinated against #Covid-19, a move that could revive international
00:38French Health Minister Olivier Veran said at a news conference that it was too soon to ease up on #coronavirus containment measures and said that the isolation period for positive
01:44French authorities ordered the culling of all #minks in a farm after analysis showed a mutated version of the #coronavirus was circulating among the animals. The French government
02:03The French Ministry of Health said Tuesday that 1.987 million people had received a first injection of #Covid-19 #vaccine since the start of the vaccination campaign, while 366,733
01:49Locked down for the past three weeks, the French department of #Mayotte has been hit by a second #Covid-19 wave due in particular to the spread of the South African variant.
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01:51Over 6 million more people living in #France are now being invited to get vaccinated against #Covid-19, as the govt widens those eligible for shots to cover the over 75 this Monday
01:40A new #coronavirus #variant discovered by South African scientists is fuelling a surge of infections nationwide and raising global concern. Here is what we know about the situation
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
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
08:47A recent report by the Economist Intelligence Unit on the state of democratic #freedoms has downgraded #France to a "flawed #democracy", as civil liberties in rich and poor countri
12:20As restaurants are declared closed until at least mid-January, we meet the top French chefs cooking up food for those in need during lockdown. We also delve into the mysterious wor
37:16The new normal in Europe includes virtual summits where the 27 stay behind a screen at home to review their common approach to the Covid pandemic. France's president is scheduled t
03:47French charity Secours Catholique recently published its annual report on poverty. The NGO, which helped around 1.4 million people in 2019, estimates that their median income is €5
25:57#REPLAY - French President Emmanuel #Macron is addressing the Nation during a televised allocution on the Covid-19 #pandemic and #lockdown measures in France as the second virus wa
