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Covid: sniffer dogs soon to be used in nursing homes to detect coronavirus?

What if sniffer dogs were the solution to help and detect Covid-19 positive cases? According to Ouest-France, these four-legged animals might enable to make family visits easier in nursing homes.

Coronavirus: about a hundred cases of Indian variant detected in France

As France keeps on exiting lockdown, the Indian variant has been recently detected in the country and keeps on spreading, although the contamination toll remains weak – according to Santé Publique France’s data. The health authorities confirm 54 episodes involving a total of around a hundred cases of variant have been found through sequencing.

Covid : opening of the vaccination center in Paris la Défense Arena on May 3rd

The Hauts-de-Seine prefecture confirms the opening of the Paris La Défense Arena vaccinodrome on Monday, May 3, 2021. The huge vaccination center installed in the largest hall in Europe in Nanterre will be able to vaccinate more than 1,000 people per day.

Château de Groussay, and its Anglo-Chinese garden - Closed

Looking for an enchanting, timeless stroll? We'll take you to the Yvelines to discover the Château de Groussay and its unusual Anglo-Chinese garden!

Covid: towards the inversion of the curve and the end of the third wave’s peak in France?

Is the contamination curve inversing? Has the third epidemic wave peaked in France already? This is what some experts think, noticing a decrease in new contamination cases and the incidence rate in French departments complying with “massive curbing measures” for three weeks already. Keep reading to find out more.

Covid: all the vaccination hubs to open soon in Paris and Île-de-France

Vaccination hubs, mega vaccination centers, XXL vaccination centers… You name it, but they are about to crop up all over the place in the coming weeks in France to improve the pace of the vaccination campaign. Here are all the vaccination hubs already open or about to do so in Paris and Île-de-France.

Covid: lockdown extended to France, schools to close, reopenings, Macron's latest statements

Faced with the third Covid-19 epidemic wave, Emmanuel Macron addressed the French this Wednesday March 31, 2021. The French President assessed the worrying evolution of the country's health situation. Therefore, the Head of State has called lockdown extended to the entire mainland country - and no longer to 19 departments only -, along with the closure of schools for three weeks, "systematic" working from home, as well as a detailed vaccination calendar.

Covid and health restrictions: the 3 scenarios considered by the government in the face of the 3rd wave

What are the new restrictions to be made, as a Health Defense Council is held this Wednesday. According to France Télévisions and BFMTV, three scenarios are being considered by the government to curb the Covid-19 epidemic in the country. Keep reading to find out more.

Covid: 230 sick hospitalized every day in Île-de-France, AP-HP’s alarmist projections

Are restrictions in Île-de-France to be made stricter soon? If not, then 230 people could be hospitalized every day in Île-de-France, according to AP-HP’s projections.

Coronavirus: Île-de-France schools to close this week?

The coronavirus epidemic is highly worrying in Île-de-France, and particularly in schools. Despite reinforced health protocol, are schools to close this week in the Paris area?

Coronavirus: lockdown, schools, vaccination – a decisive week in France

The coronavirus epidemic is escalating in France and this week will be decisive. Lockdown, schools, vaccination, Health Defense Council, here are the main issues and what to expect in the coming days.

Covid: the second wave’s peak almost reached with circa 4,900 patients in ICU

The hospitals’ health situation grows worrying by the day. As of Sunday March 28 evening, 4,872 Covid-19 sick were hospitalized in intensive care units; a data all the more so worrying it is now verging on the peak of the second wave reached this past Fall.

Coronavirus Île-de-France: tighter containment this week in the Paris region?

In the face of the coronavirus epidemic, the situation is worsening in the Paris region. With hospitals soon to be saturated and the incidence rate rising, could the Paris region see its confinement tightened as early as this week? Here's what we know.

Coronavirus in Île-de-France: hospitals to be overwhelmed within two weeks, ICU patients to be sorted out?

Île-de-France coronavirus epidemic situation worsens. According to AP-HP crisis directors, the hospital pressure is such they might be overwhelmed within two weeks. Doctors then may have to sort ICU patients out.

Lockdown in Paris and Île-de-France: what is allowed beyond 10km?

Paris and Île-de-France are experiencing another lockdown. From now on, outings beyond 10km from one’s home are subject to derogation. What can you do, then? Is it allowed to collect an order beyond this limit? Keep reading to find out more.

Coronavirus: younger sick hospitalized in ICU, clear increase in admissions

As the positive effect of vaccination starts being noticeable in nursing homes, more and more young people are hospitalized in intensive care units. There are even twice as many of patients under 50, and without comorbidities since January 2021. Over the past eight days, the phenomenon has been increasing, so much that the regional health authorities and the government are highly concerned.

New restrictions in Paris and Île-de-France: 4-week lockdown

The coronavirus epidemic is escalating in Île-de-France. The entire region has been placed under strengthened surveillance and hospitals are adapting to the increase in admissions in intensive care units. As the regional incidence rate exceeded the threshold of 400 cases for 100,000 inhabitants, Jean Castex has announced a four-week lockdown in the entire Paris area.

Covid: towards a hybrid lockdown in Île-de-France?

To fight against Covid, as Île-de-France might be placed in lockdown again four the next four weekends, Emmanuel Macron has announced – in front of a dozen mayors – he was thinking about a hybrid pattern to fit the area, including “more working from home in the week, less flow, but oxygenation at weekends”.

Covid: incidence rate of over 400 in Île-de-France, containment this week?

Despite the progression of the coronavirus epidemic, Île-de-France has escaped weekend confinement until now. But as the region's incidence rate passed the decisive milestone of 400 cases per 100,000 inhabitants this Monday, March 15, 2021, Paris and all Ile-de-France residents could find themselves confined again as early as this week.

Covid: "Additional measures will be made" in Île-de-France, Attal confirms

This Wednesday March 17, 2021 government spokesman Gabriel Attal shares his report following governmental meetings. Given the "degrading epidemic situation", he confirmed that "additional measures will be made statring this weekend", in Île-de-France, and Hauts-de-France. President Macron has to choose between strict 24/7 lockdown and weekend lockdown. As for the final decision, he says to wait for "tomorrow's press briefing".