Edouard Philippe will meet Friday morning by videoconference the whole government from Beauvau for an update on the coronavirus epidemic, said Matignon on Thursday.
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This meeting, already organized Monday evening and Friday morning last, will take place from 9:30 am at the Interministerial Crisis Cell installed on the ground-floor of the Ministry of the Interior.
Since the start of the epidemic in France, 4,503 people have died in hospital and at least 884 in nursing homes, according to figures from health authorities published Thursday evening. About 6,400 people are also in intensive care.