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- Since the start of the epidemic, 450 people have died in France. About 5,200 people are hospitalized, including nearly 1,300 in intensive care.
- Yesterday, the Minister of the Interior warned that the containment measures will be applied "even more strictly", including controls at stations and airports.
- To discourage walks, many parks have been closed. In Paris, the banks of the Seine are closed this weekend. The Promenade des Anglais was also closed in Nice.
- The daily toll increases with the passing of the days in Italy, with 627 dead for the single day of Friday. More than 4,000 people have lost their lives due to Covid-19 in the country.
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7.15 a.m. The postal workers are resting. Since the start of confinement, the Post has continued to operate, both for mail and banking activities. But with fewer employees. To allow everyone to breathe, in agencies, sorting and distribution centers, the Post Office will be closed this Saturday.
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Exceptional closure of #LaPoste this Saturday March 21. https://t.co/DeGQXeT7oc
7:10 a.m. No more quays of the Seine in Paris. There were still too many walkers or joggers this week to take advantage of the Seine quays, the grassy areas of the Esplanade des Invalides or the Champ de Mars. To enforce these measures, the prefecture has twenty drones and very powerful loudspeakers that will support officials on patrol.
VIDEO. Containment: the quays of the Seine prohibited to the public
7:07 a.m. Do not go on weekends! Avoid travel, reminded the authorities, who warn: reinforced controls will be provided at stations and airports. "I would like to insist once again and I will do it again and again, the best way to fight the Covid-19 is to stay at home," insisted Christophe Castaner.
7:05 a.m. The financial aspect of emergency measures adopted in Parliament. The senators adopted definitively Friday evening the financial aspect of the emergency measures against the coronavirus, but the debates dragged on over the other text allowing the establishment of a state of health emergency, postponing its adoption until the weekend. By a final vote of the Senate, after a green light from the Assembly unanimously the day before, the amending finance bill was adopted by 327 votes for, zero against and 16 abstentions.
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7:02 a.m. The Sentinel system will “ramp up”, according to Christophe Castaner. The Sentinel operation to fight terrorism will "ramp up" as part of the fight against the coronavirus, said the Interior Minister on Friday evening, who answered questions from Internet users via Facebook. "The army, in certain missions, is at the side of our internal security forces", he underlined, by specifying that the personnel of the Sentinel device "do not check paper but they do security, they are a real support ”.
7 hours. Hello everyone and thank you for following us the evolution of the situation related to Covid-19 this Saturday March 21.