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- A total of 24,760 people have died from Covid-19 in France since the start of the epidemic.
- The pandemic has killed more than 240,000 people worldwide and more than 3.3 million people are officially infected.
- The government extended the state of health emergency until July 24.
- Olivier Véran, the Minister of Health, believes in our columns that "the date of lifting of containment could be questioned".
- The majority of schools are expected to reopen on May 11, according to Jean-Michel Blanquer, the Minister of Education.
»Follow the events of this Sunday, May 3
7.55 a.m. Mick Jagger, confined to Touraine. The singer of the Rolling Stone has been since the start of confinement at Fourchette, the castle he has owned since 1982 in Indre-et-Loire. A very discreet rock star loved by the villagers. Our report on his tracks in Pocé-sur-Cissé.
7.45 a.m. Part of Europe begins to shrink from Monday. After weeks of staying at home, part of Europe is cautiously beginning to deconfine. This is the case, for example, in Italy where the inhabitants will be able to visit their families and meet in limited numbers. In Spain, some small businesses such as hairdressers can receive customers individually by appointment. Bars and restaurants will have the right to sell take-out. In Germany, schools will also gradually reopen.
7:30 a.m. Masks for liberal health professionals.As of May 11, 100 million masks will be distributed free of charge to liberal healthcare professionals to enable them to resume activity "as normal as possible" as part of the lifting of containment measures against coronavirus, said Olivier Véran , the Minister of Health, in our columns. “So far, 45 million masks have been destocked per week for health professionals. From May 11, 100 million will be distributed to them free of charge, "said the minister.
7:10 a.m. Masks for Eurostar passengers. "From May 4, passengers will have to wear masks in our stations and on our trains, as required by the French and Belgian governments," the company said on its website. Eurostar trains continue to cross the Channel. Travelers who do not have their faces covered could be refused on board the trains or subjected to fines from the French or Belgian authorities.
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7:05 a.m. A new deconfinement card.The Directorate General of Health has unveiled a new map evaluating the hospital tension in each department as well as the rate of circulation of the virus. On this map, little change compared to Friday, except for the passage of the departments of the Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur region (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Hautes-Alpes, Vaucluse, Bouches-du -Rhône and Var) from orange to green. This change is explained by the decrease in hospital tensions, specifies the DGS. This card, which is used to organize the pre-deconfinement, is updated every day.
7 hours. Fewer resuscitation patients. In total, the French intensive care units have 51 fewer patients with Covid-19 compared to the previous day (3,827 in total). The number of deaths is also down, with 166 deaths in the past 24 hours. The new balance sheet stands at 24,760 deaths in France since March 1. It is distributed in 15,487 deaths in hospitals and 9,273 in social and medico-social establishments, mainly nursing homes, said the Ministry of Health in a press release.