France Lockdown

• New rules and shutdowns sweep across Europe as coronavirus cases rise

  In Germany, restaurants, bars, theatres, cinemas, gyms and other leisure facilities closed in a four-week "wave-breaker" shutdown.

  Nov 2, 2020
  
• Europe braces for a ‘difficult winter’ as it breaks coronavirus records

  WHO’s European regional director Dr. Hans Kluge said “hospitalizations have risen to levels unseen since the spring” and deaths have sharply risen by more than 30 per cent.

  World

  Oct 29, 2020
  
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• France lockdown: What went wrong and what can Canada learn?

  What's happening in France -- and why -- shares some parallels with the resurgence of the coronavirus in Canada. 

  World

  Oct 29, 2020
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• Reality check: No, the WHO didn’t reverse its position on coronavirus lockdowns

  'This is par for the course when it comes to this disease and public communication,' said one Canadian expert.

  World

  Oct 15, 2020
• France not planning nationwide lockdown to deal with spike in coronavirus cases

  New measures would include fast-tracked testing for priority cases to reduce time spent waiting for results, and targeted restrictions in areas hit especially hard.

  World

  Sep 11, 2020
• Strict coronavirus lockdown in France set to lift, re-opening shops, hair salons

  The country decided to lift the lockdown after the number of patients in intensive care -- a key measure of hospitals' ability to cope -- fell to less than half the peak of over 7,000 seen in early April.

  Economy

  May 10, 2020
• ‘We are at war’: France mobilizes army, tightens lockdown over coronavirus outbreak

  French President Emmanuel Macron said that from Tuesday midday, people should stay at home unless it was to buy groceries, travel to work, exercise or for medical care. Anyone flouting the restrictions, in place for at least the next two weeks, would be punished.

  Health

  Mar 16, 2020