Offbeat France shrugs off the Covid

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As France braced to raise its coronavirus alert level warning to 3 and President Emmanuel Macron warned the public late Thursday that an epidemic was But many French citizens don’t seem to be unduly worried. Parisians in the northeast of the city shrugged off fears of coronavirus on Thursday

As vaccination against COVID -19 gears up in Europe, so are the campaigns discrediting vaccines led by the so-called anti-vaxxers. Distrust and even opposition to vaccines are very prevalent in France . Recent polls by Nature Medicine and Wellcome Global Monitor 2018 demonstrate this lack of

variants © Archives Franck Dubray, Ouest-France As of Sunday, January 24, anyone coming from another European country will have to present a negative PCR test.

Anyone (or almost) arriving in France must present a negative PCR test. A new precaution, which did not prevent the birth of an epidemic focus near Chamonix ...

Faced with the pressing threat of variants (English and South African) of the coronavirus, and to try to delay entry into a new containment , France has decided to monitor its front doors, aligning itself with most of its neighbors.

At the end of the European summit on Thursday, January 21, the Élysée announced that from Sunday any person from another European country will have to present a negative PCR test, dated less than seventy-two hours , upon arrival in France (except frontier workers and land transport). Until now, this constraint was only imposed on nationals of countries outside the European Union.

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A further lockdown in France "would probably become an absolute necessity" if the circulation of the English coronavirus variant increases "significantly", Health Minister Olivier Véran warned on Thursday.

For travel by plane and ferry

Only travel by plane and ferry are, however, affected by this new measure. Not yet motorists or train travelers. But that could change ... A decree, detailing the new border regulations, is expected this Saturday 23 January.

The objective of France and the other European states is to restrict movement within the Union. "Non-essential travel should be discouraged", urges Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission . A position shared by the Secretary of State for Tourism, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, who invites the French "to be careful about their travel and reservations for the February holidays".

Fourteen positive cases

The fact remains that this negative PCR test, imposed by France, is far from being an immunity passport. As proof, this source of contamination which has just appeared in the heart of the village of Vallorcine (400 souls), in the valley of Chamonix .

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France began a second phase of easing lockdown rules on Tuesday as official figures show the novel coronavirus Gatherings of more than 10 people remain off -limits in public spaces. Coronavirus app. Covid -19: France reports slight drop in hospitalisations on eve of further easing of lockdown.

The head of France 's public health agency, Jérôme Salomon, said authorities were anticipating a second wave of Covid -19 cases "this autumn or this winter", depending on a seasonal impact that remains uncertain. "What we have to understand is that the epidemic's resurgence will basically

Twenty-six British students, aged 18 to 20, managed to escape confinement in their country to come and ski in Haute-Savoie. Initially, it was in Switzerland that they were to go. But banned from staying by the Helvetians, they retreated to France, arriving by plane, by road, by train (between Lille and Lyon) and by bus, between January 13 and 17.

Despite testing negative last week, fourteen of them tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, January 19. “We are awaiting further results. Three samples were sent to Lyon for sequencing, in order to determine which strain of the virus it is ", indicates ARS Auvergne Rhône-Alpes

In Vallorcine , it is incomprehension and anger. On Facebook, the town hall issued the alert, urging those who have been in contact with the British to make themselves known as soon as possible. The same concerns in Chamonix, 16 kilometers away, where the group of students also visited. Contact tracing is in progress. It’s going to be long and difficult.