President Macron to warn France must brace for extended lockdown ‘well into May’ in an address to the nation – as number of daily Covid-19 deaths falls for the third day running to 561 At 8pm tonight Macron will give his third prime-time televised address to nation Sources said the lockdown is likely to be … Read more
‘DON’T book summer holidays hoping coronavirus crisis will be over’: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warns against making travel plans France urges fellow EU countries to keep non-Schengen travel restrictions European Commission President also warns people not to make holiday plans It comes after the UK government warned against all non-essential global travel … Read more
An eccentric French doctor has become a YouTube sensation and been approached by the French president for advice after he claims he has gotten astonishing results using Trump’s favorite coronavirus treatment on sick patients. Didier Raoult, a 68-year-old French infectious-disease specialist, has been using controversial antimalarial drug hydroxycholoroquine to treat COVID-19 patients. The doctor has … Read more
France threatened to close its border with Britain unless it introduced shutdown measures to stop the threat of coronavirus, aides to President Emmanuel Macron claimed tonight. The head of state’s staff said that he called Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday night and told him that unless the situation quickly changed, ‘France would have no other … Read more
French border guards impound trucks filled with 130,000 face masks bound for Britain for NHS workers battling coronavirus After realising what was on board, border guards in France held the truck there Emmanuel Macron’s promised to ‘requisition’ face masks for the French crisis A truck with hand sanitiser was delayed by authorities on way to … Read more
Hundreds of Yellow Vest protestors clash on the streets of Paris in anti-government demonstration as they defy ban on street crowds due to the coronavirus pandemic Violent crowds of more than 800 protestors gathered in central Paris Anti-Government Yellow Vests demand end to Emmanuel Macron’s rule Fighting broke out between demonstrators and riot police who … Read more
Emmanuel Macron orders closure of all schools in France and warns he may even shut the country’s BORDERS to control coronavirus President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation during a television interview He said coronavirus is the ‘greatest health crisis France has known for a century’ The new measures will start on Monday and will continue … Read more
As the COVID-19 outbreak sweeps across Europe, royal families around the continent have had to revise how they greet people during official engagements. Whether following the example of Prince Charles who has been performing a ‘namaste’ bow with clasped hands or sticking to a smile, the matter of greeting people appropriately is particularly relevant to … Read more
One day, long after the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us, historians may see the last few days as the moment when the world tumbled into the abyss. On Thursday, the head of the World Health Organisation declared that mankind stood at a ‘decisive point’. The world faced ‘a crisis, an epidemic that … Read more