The essential
- Towards wearing a mask in transport.
- The tobacconists will sell reusable masks.
- The Parliament definitively adopted the rectified budget against the coronavirus and its emergency plan of 110 billion euros.
- Without containment measures, more than 73,000 people would have died in France, according to an epidemiological study by three researchers from the EHESP and the Rouen University Hospital.
- The deconfinement in France should not be done region by region and the start of the school year will be "progressive, concerted with local elected officials and adapted to local realities", according to the Élysée.
>> Follow the events of this Friday April 24, 2020
6:40 a.m. Oil confirms its rise in Asia. They are supported by indications of a reduction in production and because of the tension between Iran and the United States. The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil, the benchmark on the American market, for delivery in June, was up 4.61% to 17.26 dollars. The price of Brent from the North Sea was up 3% to $ 21.97 a barrel.
6:35 a.m. Towards a green light to resume training for pro football clubs. The Professional Football League is to hold its office today. The body understands that the government will allow it to resume training in clubs. If the state gives the green light, the French Ligue 2 Championship would start again on June 16 and Ligue 1 the next day.
6 hours. 186,000 deaths worldwide. The Covid-19 pandemic has killed more than 186,000 people, nearly two thirds of them in Europe, since its appearance in December in China. Over 2,675,050 cases have been diagnosed in 193 countries and territories.
