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- According to the latest assessment, 674 people died in France from the new coronavirus, including 112 in the past 24 hours.
- The government is awaiting the advice of the scientific council and is preparing this Monday to extend the containment of the population beyond the initial date of late March.
- Jean-Michel Blanquer, the Minister of National Education, announces that the "privileged scenario" is a reopening of schools for May 4.
- The military field hospital which must unclog that of Mulhouse overwhelmed by the influx of patients with coronavirus will be tested this Monday morning before the reception of the first patients.
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6:30 am. Beginning of the landing of patients evacuated from Corsica to Marseilles hospitals. Landing and transfer operations to Marseille hospitals of the 12 patients with Covid-19 evacuated from Corsica by the Navy aboard the helicopter carrier Tonnerre begin this Monday morning, say the firefighters and the Navy.
"The crossing went normally" between Ajaccio and Marseille, "the first rotation to transport patients to Marseille hospitals is underway," said a spokesman for the Navy. Ambulances entered the helicopter carrier, confirm the firefighters.
6:27 a.m. Canada will not send an athlete to the Tokyo Games this summer. Canada "made the difficult decision not to send teams" to the Tokyo Olympics this summer because of the coronavirus, announces the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC).
"I am preparing for the Olympics and I am not going out of my house": anger from an athlete
6:25 a.m. First tests for the military field hospital in Mulhouse. The military field hospital which must unclog that of Mulhouse overwhelmed by the influx of patients with coronavirus will be tested this Monday morning before the reception of the first patients.
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If the tests are conclusive, the green light will be given by the site's medical chief, General Jacques Escarment, allowing "the reception of the first patients, perhaps this Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning or midweek" explains an army spokesperson.
6:20 a.m. 112 deaths in the last 24 hours in France. According to the latest assessment, 674 people died in France from the new coronavirus, including 112 in the past 24 hours.
6.15 a.m. Reopening of schools on May 4? This is the wish and the "privileged scenario" by Jean-Michel Blanquer, the Minister of National Education.
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