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France should consider mandatory COVID shots for public in case epidemic worsens, says health body

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker administers a dose of the “Comirnaty” Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in a vaccination center in Nantes as part of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign in France, June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane MahePARIS (Reuters) – France should consider whether to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for the general public so that […]

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French COVID-19 daily deaths, number of critical patients drops

FILE PHOTO: A COVID-19 patient connected to a ventilator tube in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Centre Cardiologique du Nord private hospital in Saint-Denis, near Paris, amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in France, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit TessierPARIS (Reuters) – France reported 4,255 people in intensive care units with COVID-19 on Sunday, down […]

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France says two clusters of UK COVID strain detected

Two risk clusters of the mutant coronavirus variant sweeping Britain have been detected in France, the health ministry said on Thursday. The UK last month sounded the alarm over the variant, which experts say is much more contagious than the original coronavirus. The clusters were located in the western French region of Brittany, and in […]

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France ‘still far’ from ending partial virus lockdown

French authorities are unlikely to lift a partial coronavirus lockdown any time soon, a government spokesman said Wednesday, even if some restrictions may be relaxed before Christmas. President Emmanuel Macron and top ministers discussed the crisis, including whether to ease some restrictions from December 1 “if conditions allow it,” spokesman Gabriel Attal said. But Attal […]

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Signs of hope in Germany, France but virus strains hospitals

The surge of new coronavirus cases appears to be slowing in Germany and France, generating hopes that the two European heavyweights are beginning to regain control over the pandemic. But authorities said Thursday that hospitals are crowded and are likely to face further strain in the coming weeks. Countries across Europe have implemented lockdown measures […]

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France says 22 schools closed over virus cases

France’s education minister on Friday said 22 schools have had to shut on French territory due to the coronavirus since pupils returned to school this week, emphasising that over half of these were in the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion. Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer told Europe 1 radio that he was however pleased with […]

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France confirms 2 cases of virus from China, 1st in Europe

Coronavirus comes to Europe: France confirms its first two patients as global cases hit 945 French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn has confirmed the country’s first two coronavirus cases  The two individuals are the first to be sickened in Europe  Since the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, it has spread to 11 countries around the world, now […]

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How France is persuading its citizens to get vaccinated

In February this year, a holiday in paradise turned into a nightmare for one French family. Soon after their arrival in Costa Rica, their unvaccinated five-year-old son developed measles, the country’s first case since 2014. The parents, also unvaccinated, tested positive for the virus too. They were believed to have brought it from France. The […]

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Junk Food Consumption Increases The Risk Of Depression, Study Finds

Multi-country study calls for GPs to give dietary advice as part of depression treatment An analysis of 41 multi-country studies has found that a diet high in junk food raises the risk of developing depression, reports The Guardian. The study, published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, took place in Britain, Spain, and Australia. Researchers examined […]