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 France recorded its highest one-day death toll from coronavirus on Wednesday with 509 more fatalities, bringing the total number of deaths since the epidemic began to 4,032. The French PM said the lockdown, set to run until at least April 15th, will likely be eased in stages around the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200401/coronavirus-france-records-over-500-deaths-in-one-day Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:52:33 +0200 coronavirus-france-records-over-500-deaths-in-one-day The coronavirus outbreak continued to have a huge impact on life in France on Friday as President Emmanuel Macron announced schools are to close and urged over-70s to remain in doors. Disneyland Paris also closed its gates. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200305/latest-number-of-coronavirus-cases-in-france-rises-to-130 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 21:39:11 +0100 latest-number-of-coronavirus-cases-in-france-rises-to-130 The Paris Marathon that was due to take place in the French capital next month has been postponed due to the spread of coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200305/breaking-paris-marathon-delayed-over-coronavirus-in-france Thu, 05 Mar 2020 19:23:46 +0100 breaking-paris-marathon-delayed-over-coronavirus-in-france French health chiefs repeated the latest advice for the public on Sunday on how they can best avoid becoming infected or spreading coronavirus. The government has also taken measures to prevent the crisis deepening with the number of cases on the rise. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200301/dont-shake-hands-or-kiss-how-france-is-taking-action-to-prevent-coronavirus-spread Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:11:58 +0100 dont-shake-hands-or-kiss-how-france-is-taking-action-to-prevent-coronavirus-spread Paris, home to two of the three French people taken ill in China's coronavirus outbreak, cancelled a Lunar New Year parade on Sunday as a "precaution", the capital's mayor Anne Hidalgo said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200126/chinese-new-year-parade-pulled-in-paris-as-virus-precaution Sun, 26 Jan 2020 19:23:24 +0100 chinese-new-year-parade-pulled-in-paris-as-virus-precaution France's Health Minister Marisol Touraine has urged pregnant women not to travel to France's overseas territories for fear of contracting the Zika virus, which shrinks babies' brains. Experts, meanwhile, say the virus could soon hit France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160128/zika-virus-frances-pregnant-women-urged-to-avoid-the-caribbean Thu, 28 Jan 2016 14:45:43 +0100 zika-virus-frances-pregnant-women-urged-to-avoid-the-caribbean 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 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 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 A routine inventory at the prestigious French research body Institut Pasteur in Paris revealed it has lost some 2,300 tubes containing samples of the potentially deadly SARS virus. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140414/french-scientists-we-lost-some-sars-virus Mon, 14 Apr 2014 20:14:00 +0200 french-scientists-we-lost-some-sars-virus The Ebola virus epidemic that has killed over 80 people in west Africa has prompted French health authorities to set up new procedures for airlines and send out an alert urging hospitals to be ready for a case of the disease. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140403/france-on-alert-of-deadly-ebola-outbreak-in-africa-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 13:35:00 +0200 france-on-alert-of-deadly-ebola-outbreak-in-africa-2 French scientists said on Monday they had re-activated an ancient virus they found preserved in the Siberian ice. It may not sound like a good idea, but the scientists insist it is a warning about what unknown killer strains could be released by global warming. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140304/french-scientists-wake-30000-year-old-virus Tue, 04 Mar 2014 13:23:00 +0100 french-scientists-wake-30000-year-old-virus The World Health Organization has advised French people to stay calm after two cases of a deadly new SARS-like virus were confirmed over the weekend, and asked that they not overburden hospitals so those actually infected could be treated. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130514/who-asks-france-for-calm-amid-deadly-virus-fears Tue, 14 May 2013 10:26:00 +0200 who-asks-france-for-calm-amid-deadly-virus-fears French health authorities said one person was suspected of contracting a deadly new SARS-like virus after coming into contact with a man confirmed to be infected, following tests that cleared another three patients. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130511/france-confirms-sars-like-virus-case Sat, 11 May 2013 12:47:00 +0200 france-confirms-sars-like-virus-case France's health ministry on Wednesday reported the country's first case of a SARS-like virus that has killed 18 people so far, mostly in Saudi Arabia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130508/first-case-of-deadly-sars-like-virus-in-france Wed, 08 May 2013 14:01:00 +0200 first-case-of-deadly-sars-like-virus-in-france