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- In France, 306 people have died from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours. 25,201 people have lost their lives since the start of the epidemic, according to Olivier VĂ©ran, the Minister of Health.
- Emmanuel Macron goes this Tuesday morning to a school in Poissy, in the Yvelines, to try to respond to the growing concern of mayors, parents and teachers facing the start of the school year.
- The Senate rejected Monday the national plan of deconfinement with the still very vague outlines presented by Edouard Philippe.
- More than a quarter of a million people (exactly 250,503) have died from the new coronavirus.
- The most affected country in the world with more than 68,000 deaths at this stage, the United States is likely to exceed 100,000 deaths by June, according to several epidemiological models.
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6:57 a.m. The patient infected in December testified for the first time. "At the time, I was told that what I had was very serious." The patient, who was recently learned to have had Covid-19 in late December, testifies for the first time on BFMTV. To read here.
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6:45 a.m. Emmanuel Macron visiting a school. In the obstacle course to the deconfinement of May 11, Emmanuel Macron goes this Tuesday morning, with the Minister of National Education, to an elementary school in Poissy, in the Yvelines, to try to alleviate the concerns of the mayors in charge to prepare for this perilous return to school.
VIDEO. Deconfinement: how Chinese schools have adapted
6:35 a.m. 1,015 deaths from coronavirus in 24 hours in the United States. These new deaths bring the total toll of the epidemic to 68,689 in the United States, the country most bereaved by Covid-19 in the world according to official figures.
6:25 a.m. The national decontainment plan rejected by the Senate. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe before the Senate was not heard. The upper house refused Monday to validate the government's deconfinement plan by 89 votes to 81 and 174 abstentions, with no major consequence on its implementation. "The confinement was justified by the urgency, but its social and economic cost is colossal," said the Senate. Read here.
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VIDEO. Philippe announces € 200 aid for 800,000 young people under 25
6.15 a.m. 306 new deaths in France in the last 24 hours. A total of 25,201 people have lost their lives since the start of the epidemic, according to Olivier VĂ©ran, the Minister of Health. 3,696 severe cases remain in intensive care.
6:10 a.m. "More than nine million masks" distributed in public transport. So that all travelers are equipped with a mask, which will be mandatory from May 11 on public transport, "more than nine million masks" will be made available to them, announces the Secretary of State in charge Jean-Baptiste Djebbari Transport.
VIDEO. How the RATP is trying to enforce distancing in the metro