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France relaxes travel restrictions to 7 non-EU countries
The French government announced that France will relax travel regulations to and from seven non-European countries (including the United Kingdom). The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: “From Friday, there will no longer be a need to prove a compelling reason to travel to and from Australia, South Korea, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, […]
Read MoreFrench hospitals send Covid-19 patients to Belgium
As the hospital reached a saturation point, coronavirus patients in Hauts-de-France, the northernmost region of northern France, were transferred to Belgium. The Regional Health Service (ARS) said that facilities in some towns and cities in Belgium have provided intensive care beds to ease the pressure on the overcrowded hospitals in France. ARS said […]
Read MoreFrance to launch its own Covid vaccine soon
The head of the National Institute of Medicine said that the Covid-19 vaccine made in France is about to be launched. Gilles Bloch, Chief Executive Officer of the National Institutes of Health (Inserm), told France Info on Wednesday morning: “In the next few months, we will have a French vaccine against Covid-19.” He […]
Read MoreParis: Hospitals reduce non Covid-19 procedures
As the number of coronavirus patients requiring intensive care may overwhelm the intensive care unit (ICU) network, hospitals in the Paris area have been ordered to cut routine surgical and medical procedures by 40%. “This is a very stressful situation,” regional health chief Aurelien Rousseau told AFP on Monday. The region of Île-de-France, […]
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