The Local France 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 Pfizer jab 'probably protects' against the Covid-19 Indian variant, says French study The Pfizer vaccine is slightly less effective but appears to still protect against the more transmissible Indian strain of the virus that causes Covid-19, according to a study by France's Pasteur Institute. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210529/pfizer-jab-probably-protects-against-the-covid-19-indian-variant-says-french-study Sat, 29 May 2021 17:03:43 +0200 pfizer-jab-probably-protects-against-the-covid-19-indian-variant-says-french-study Europe's Covid-19 'hotspots' to be sent four million more vaccine doses The European Union will receive an extra four million BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine doses over the next two weeks to be deployed to Covid-19 "hotspots", European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210310/europes-covid-19-hotspots-to-be-sent-million-four-million-more-vaccine-doses Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:54:37 +0100 europes-covid-19-hotspots-to-be-sent-million-four-million-more-vaccine-doses No European deaths directly tied to Covid-19 vaccine, say scientists Scientists in Europe say evidence available so far does not incriminate the new anti-Covid vaccines in the numerous deaths of elderly and frail people shortly after they had received the coronavirus vaccine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210124/no-europe-deaths-directly-tied-to-covid-19-jabs-scientists-say Sun, 24 Jan 2021 14:05:25 +0100 no-europe-deaths-directly-tied-to-covid-19-jabs-scientists-say COMPARE: How fast are European countries vaccinating their populations? Governments across Europe are hastily vaccinating their populations against the Covid-19 virus as infection rates remain worryingly high. We look at how some countries are having more success than others and the reasons why. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210112/how-european-countries-vaccine-covid-19-compare-europe-race Tue, 12 Jan 2021 19:45:14 +0100 how-european-countries-vaccine-covid-19-compare-europe-race 78-year old woman first in France to get Covid-19 vaccine A 78-year-old woman has become the first person in France to be vaccinated against Covid-19, receiving a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the René-Muret Hospital in Sevran, outside Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201227/78-year-old-woman-first-in-france-to-get-covid-19-vaccine Sun, 27 Dec 2020 15:30:06 +0100 78-year-old-woman-first-in-france-to-get-covid-19-vaccine France has received its first delivery of the Pfizer vaccine France's first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine were delivered early Saturday to the Paris hospital system's central pharmacy outside the capital, an AFP journalist saw. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201226/france-has-received-its-first-delivery-of-the-pfizer-vaccine Sat, 26 Dec 2020 09:55:28 +0100 france-has-received-its-first-delivery-of-the-pfizer-vaccine