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
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
12:34Le Premier ministre ivoirien Patrick Achi, 65 ans, se trouve en France depuis trois jours pour des soins médicaux et doit rentrer vendredi en Côte d'Ivoire. Il s'est rendu en Franc
02:00Quelques semaines avant la CAN, l’heure est aux derniers préparatifs à Yamoussoukro. Les axes d’accès au stade doivent être nettoyés - et les commerçants informels sont priés de pl
12:26L'ex-président et principal opposant ivoirien Henri Konan Bédié a mis fin mercredi au régime de "transition" proclamé par l'opposition contestant la réélection du président Alassan
04:19Les généraux #putschistes ont fait planer lundi en #Birmanie pour la première fois la menace d'"actions" contre les contestataires alors que des foules massives ont de nouveau mani
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
02:01La France avance samedi de deux heures son couvre-feu, à 18 h pour tenter de freiner la propagation du coronavirus. Déjà en vigueur dans une grande partie Est du pays, cette mesure
00:59Emmanuel Macron, a été testé positif au Covid-19 jeudi, a annoncé l'Élysée. Conformément aux consignes sanitaires, celui-ci "s'isolera pendant sept jours". Cas contacts, le Premier
01:35Sur le front de la lutte contre le Covid-19, la France restreint depuis dimanche minuit les passages de ses frontières. Impossible de se déplacer vers ou depuis un pays extérieur à
01:17Les habitants d'un quartier pauvre de Hong Kong vont devoir rester confinés chez eux pour au moins 48 heures. La mesure est inédite dans cette ville de 7,5 millions d'habitants. Le
01:56Depuis lundi et jusqu'au mercredi 23 compris la France a fermé ses frontières avec le Royaume-Uni, Des milliers de Français se retrouvent donc coincés de l'autre côté de la Manche.
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
