https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A man was hospitalized in the south-eastern French city of Grenoble on Monday with suspected Ebola, the second such case in the last week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150615/suspected-case-of-ebola-in-grenoble Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:13:36 +0200 suspected-case-of-ebola-in-grenoble French President Francois Hollande will on Friday begin a visit to Guinea, making him the first Western leader to travel to a country hit hard by the deadly Ebola virus. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141127/hollande-to-be-first-western-leader-to-visit-ebola-hit-region Thu, 27 Nov 2014 08:56:00 +0100 hollande-to-be-first-western-leader-to-visit-ebola-hit-region A United Nations employee who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and was repatriated in France is in a "stable condition," French Health Minister Marisol Touraine said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141103/un-ebola-victim-being-treated-in-france Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:05:00 +0100 un-ebola-victim-being-treated-in-france Returning from a trip to inspect efforts to fight Ebola in West Africa, US Ambassador Samantha Power said France, Canada and Belgium could do more to help fellow French-speakers in Guinea. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141101/us-envoy-says-france-can-do-more-to-fight-ebola Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:51:00 +0100 us-envoy-says-france-can-do-more-to-fight-ebola French researchers will conduct trials with prototype Ebola diagnostic tests in Guinea in November, with results expected within weeks for speedy deployment, the head of France's Ebola task force said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141031/french-researchers-to-test-ebola-diagnostics-in-guinea Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:53:00 +0100 french-researchers-to-test-ebola-diagnostics-in-guinea France on Tuesday said it was pledging €20 million ($25.4 million) in the fight against Ebola in west Africa,including the opening of several care centres in Guinea. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141029/france-vows-20-million-euros-for-fight-against-ebola Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:54:00 +0100 france-vows-20-million-euros-for-fight-against-ebola French president François Hollande said on Friday that measures to counter the risk of Ebola reaching France will be increased with tests to be carried out on people arriving in France on “all forms of transport”, meaning boats as well as planes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141024/france-to-bring-in-ebola-checks-on-all-transport Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:04:00 +0200 france-to-bring-in-ebola-checks-on-all-transport As fears over Ebola continue to grow, French researchers announced on Tuesday they have developed a simple test that could detect the deadly disease in 15 minutes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141021/french-docs-develop-fast-ebola-test Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:16:00 +0200 french-docs-develop-fast-ebola-test Air France flight attendant unions on Friday called for a halt to services to the Guinean capital Conakry due to concerns about a "serious risk" of spreading Ebola. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141018/air-france-unions-seek-to-stop-flights-to-guinea Sat, 18 Oct 2014 12:32:00 +0200 air-france-unions-seek-to-stop-flights-to-guinea France stepped up its measures to prevent an outbreak of Ebola on Friday announcing it had appointed a team of experts to focus its response to the Ebola virus, and would boost efforts to help west African nations battling the disease. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141017/ebola-france-on-alert Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:13:00 +0200 ebola-france-on-alert UPDATED: A nurse who treated an Ebola patient in France was admitted to hospital on Thursday due to concerns she may have contracted the disease. However the latest reports suggest she has tested nagative for the virus. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141016/french-nurse-suspected-of-having-ebola Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:02:00 +0200 french-nurse-suspected-of-having-ebola UPDATED: An Air France flight from Paris was grounded in Madrid on Thursday after passenger fell ill. The sick man, who had just returned from Africa has been isolated while tests are carried out. He complained of shivering but is not reported to have had a fever. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141016/ebola-paris-bound-air-france-flight-held-in-spain Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:12:00 +0200 ebola-paris-bound-air-france-flight-held-in-spain France has stepped up efforts to prevent an outbreak of the Ebola disease in the country after announcing that it would carry out health checks on travellers at airports. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141016/ebola-france-to-check-for-travellers-at-airports Thu, 16 Oct 2014 10:30:40 +0200 ebola-france-to-check-for-travellers-at-airports A top French nurses union says government silence has resulted in a dangerous lack of information for healthcare workers on how to deal with an Ebola outbreak in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141014/french-nurses-suffer-cruel-lack-of-ebola-info Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:53:00 +0200 french-nurses-suffer-cruel-lack-of-ebola-info Testing has revealed an American woman being treated at a Paris hospital is not, as was feared, infected with the Ebola virus. It's the second false alarm in as many days in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141010/possible-ebola-case-at-paris-hospital Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:45:00 +0200 possible-ebola-case-at-paris-hospital UPDATED: A building belonging to French health authorities was cordoned off on the outskirts of Paris on Thursday after a suspected case of Ebola was reported. Around sixty people were effectively quarantined but authorities later confirmed it was a false alarm. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141009/ebola-paris-france Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:23:00 +0200 ebola-paris-france There is a strong chance that the deadly Ebola disease, which has killed thousands in West Africa, could reach France by the end of October, a group of scientists have predicted. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141006/ebola-could-reach-france-by-the-end-of-month Mon, 06 Oct 2014 17:30:00 +0200 ebola-could-reach-france-by-the-end-of-month A French nurse who contracted Ebola while volunteering for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Liberia has been cured of the deadly virus, the French health minister said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141005/french-nurse-cured-of-ebola-contracted-in-liberia Sun, 05 Oct 2014 08:42:00 +0200 french-nurse-cured-of-ebola-contracted-in-liberia France and Germany will send military transport planes to West Africa to help efforts to contain the Ebola epidemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and military officials said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140920/france-plan-air-lifts-to-help-fight-ebola Sat, 20 Sep 2014 14:50:00 +0200 france-plan-air-lifts-to-help-fight-ebola The French nurse who contracted the Ebola virus while helping fight the historic outbreak in Africa is receiving 'experimental' treatments in a Paris hospital that doctors hope will save her life. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140919/experimental-ebola-treament-to-be-used-on-french-nurse Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:25:00 +0200 experimental-ebola-treament-to-be-used-on-french-nurse