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DIRECT. Spain could welcome French tourists from the end of June

2020-05-30T15:22:15.959Z


A wind of found freedom blows in France with the reopening of parks and gardens in the Paris region this Saturday as well as that of the b


The essential :

  • In France, the Ministry of Health has 28,714 deaths due to the coronavirus, including 18,260 patients in hospital. The decline in the epidemic continues with 1,361 infected patients in intensive care.
  • Cafes, bars, restaurants can reopen on June 2 in much of the country. However, groupings of more than 10 people are prohibited outside the home.
  • The government has announced the removal of the travel limit more than 100 km from his home.
  • Brazil becomes the fifth most bereaved country in the world, with 27,878 dead.

Follow the events of the day on Saturday May 30, 2020:

3.30 p.m. The post-coronavirus will be a "battlefield," according to Ruffin.France's rebellious deputy for the Somme François Ruffin believes that the post-coronavirus period will be a "battlefield" opposing the supporters of the market and those of an ecological and social alternative, in a book to be published on June 3. In "Their madness, our lives. The battle of the after ”(The Links that liberate), François Ruffin relies on travel and testimonies gleaned during the program broadcast, from his kitchen, on his YouTube channel to jibe the policies pursued for three decades . According to him, the health crisis has “brought to light” the “dogma of the economy before life”.

3.15 p.m. In a Belgian hospital, a robot takes the temperature of patients.When Belgian patients fearing they may have been infected with the coronavirus go to the university hospital in Antwerp, the first face they see is not that of a masked nurse but of a vaguely human robot. The device, built by the Belgian company Zorabots, greets the new arrivals and reads the patient data provided by a questionnaire completed beforehand by the potential patient. The robot takes their temperature and makes sure they are wearing a mask correctly before assessing the probability and severity of the infection and directing them to the appropriate part of the clinic.

Antwerp University Hospital, May 29, 2020./AFP/Kenzo Tribouillard  

2:55 p.m. A football match postponed in Ukraine after cases of Covid-19. The match of the Ukrainian Football Championship scheduled for Sunday between the teams of Karpaty Lviv and Mariupol, has been postponed after several players and members of the Karpaty management were tested positive at Covid-19.

2:45 p.m. Spain could welcome German or French tourists from the end of June. German, French and Scandinavian tourists could be allowed to come to Spain during the second half of June as part of a "pilot" project to restart tourist activity, announced Pedro Sanchez, the head of the Spanish government. .

2:35 p.m. Resumption of training for Liga clubs in Spain. The clubs of the Spanish championship were authorized to resume collective training from Monday, the last stage before returning to competition on June 11. The season is set to resume with the derby between Sevilla FC and Betis Sevilla, ending on July 18 or 19, eleven days and 110 matches later.

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2:30 p.m. The F1 season will start with the Austrian Grand Prix on July 5. The Austrian F1 Grand Prix, which will kick off the World Championship season, has received the green light from the government.

2:15 p.m. The European Union calls on Washington to reconsider its position on funding for the WHO. Donald Trump has decided to cut ties with the WHO, which he accuses of complacency towards Beijing. With 893 million dollars contributed over the 2018/2019 period, or around 15% of the WHO budget, the United States is the main donor.

14 hours. The Italy "demands respect" of neighboring countries on the borders. Italy is preparing to reopen its borders on June 3. Rome is pushing for a coordinated resumption of travel in Europe by June 15. But several neighboring countries like Switzerland or Austria refuse to reopen their land border on this date. A situation that makes Rome cringe, which sees it as a roundabout way of preventing tourists from coming.

1:45 p.m. 364,362 dead worldwide. According to the latest report, more than 5,931,510 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed in 196 countries. 2,455,400 people are now considered cured.

1:10 p.m. A simulator to find a terrace in Paris. In the capital as in all of the orange zones, the terraces of cafes and restaurants will be able to reopen on Tuesday. Thanks to our search engine, you can find the terrace closest to you and its surface here.

12:44 p.m. Iran once again allows collective prayers. President Hassan Rohani has authorized the resumption of this practice in mosques. The Middle East country hardest hit by the pandemic, Iran began easing population restrictions in April. The leader however urged the population to scrupulously respect the rules of social distancing while the death toll rises to 7,734 dead in the country.

12:35 p.m. Ban on touching macaques in Gibraltar. Touching the Gibraltar macaques, much appreciated by tourists, will become a crime in this British enclave. The government wants to protect these primates from the new coronavirus. "We can almost say with certainty that the macaques did not catch Covid-19" but must "minimize the risk that they will catch it and fall ill or die," says the government of Gibraltar. The fine could be 555 euros.

12:30 p.m. 125 new cases in Belgium. 23 people have died in the last 24 hours. A total of 58,186 people were infected and 9,453 died.

12:20 p.m. Bayern Munich footballers forgo part of their salary. To help the German club overcome the coronavirus crisis, the players agreed to give up part of their salary until the end of the season.

12 hours. Air France resumes flights to Italy. Airlines Air France and KLM will resume flights to Italy next week. They, hoping to make up to 78 flights a week at the end of the month. These flights will take place at the airports of Rome, Milan, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Naples and Bari.

11.45 a.m. Parks and gardens reopen in Ile-de-France. Most of the parks and gardens have reopened in Ile-de-France. In Paris, picnics are allowed but groupings must not exceed 10 people. "If the health situation requires it, the mayor of Paris may request the prefect of police to make the wearing of the mask mandatory," said the municipality.

11.15 a.m. Reopening of Galeries Lafayette. After almost three months of closure and three days after Printemps, the Galeries Lafayette in Paris have reopened. Many customers were there.

11:00. Demonstration of Renault employees in Maubeuge. After the announcement of the Renault economy plan to respond to the crisis, a few thousand people gathered outside the Renault factory in Maubeuge (North). They protest against the transfer of production from the Kangoo to the Douai factory. A step must go in front of the town hall.

Impressive image of the procession. pic.twitter.com/CV6PRVMgUd

- VDN Maubeuge (@VDNMaubeuge) May 30, 2020

10:45 a.m. 9 billion euros for Lufthansa. Brussels and Berlin have reached an agreement to save Lufthansa. The compromise provides that Lufthansa sells part of its slots at the two main German airports to its competitors, in return for a bailout by the state.

10:40 a.m. 738 new cases in Germany. With 39 additional coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, the toll is 8,489 in the number of epidemic-related deaths in the country. A total of 181,196 people are infected.

10:30 a.m. The Japanese find the thermal springs. With the end of the state of emergency, the Japanese rediscover the pleasure of thermal springs. However, the authorities have asked the establishments to take precautionary measures to allow customers to practice what is almost a ritual in Japan.

10:15 a.m. 181 new deaths in Russia. After the record of 232 deaths recorded the day before, the official figures are down. The death toll now stands at 4,555. According to Russian health authorities, 396,575 people are infected.

9:55 a.m. Our answers to your questions. You are asking yourself a lot of questions about phase 2 of the deconfinement. Since the beginning of the crisis, the editorial staff of Le Parisien have been mobilizing to remove your doubts and answer your questions. Here is our Q&A published after the last government announcements.

9:40 a.m. The breakup of the United States with the WHO is "a serious setback for global health", estimates Berlin. Washington's break with the World Health Organization (WHO) is "a serious setback for global health," said German Minister of Health Jens Spahn on Twitter. Stressing the need to reform the institution, he insisted that the European Union must “commit more” financially after Donald Trump's execution to cut ties with the WHO he accuses of complacency towards Beijing.

Ein enttäuschender Rückschlag für die internationale Gesundheitspolitik. Damit die @WHO eine Zukunft hat, braucht sie Reformen. Und Europa muss sich stärker engagieren, auch finanziell. Das wird eine unserer @ BMG-Prioritäten für die EU-Ratspräsidentschaft. # EU2020BMG

- Jens Spahn (@jensspahn) May 30, 2020

9:30 a.m. Bars and restaurants are fighting for a sidewalk plot. If relief is de rigueur since the announcement of the opening of restaurants, bars and cafes from June 2, the terraces, the only spaces authorized to accommodate customers in Ile-de-France, become a coveted establishment. "For us it's Jean who laughs, Jean who cries! Since yesterday, I have been assaulted by phone calls from angry members, those who do not have a terrace and who may not be able to temporarily install one, ”points out Marcel Benezet, president of the Cafes and restaurants branch of the GNI (National group of freelancers).

9.20am. In India, victims of Bhopàl succumb to the coronavirus. Victims of the deadly gas leak in the Indian city of Bhopàl in 1984 are now dying from the coronavirus after having endured for years the consequences of one of the worst industrial disasters in the world. A toxic cloud had escaped from a tank of the pesticide factory of the American group Union Carbide, killing instantly 3,500 people in this city in central India. In the years that followed, some 25,000 more died. Today, people who suffered from health problems following the disaster represent a significant proportion of the number of people who died from the new coronavirus in Bhopàl: at least 20 out of 45, according to government figures.

9:07 a.m. Road Safety is concerned about "alarming first figures". Three weeks after the deconfinement and the return of the French on the roads, Road Safety is worried about "first alarming figures" with an increase in fatal accidents and a jump of 15% in major speeding tickets. A campaign calling for caution during the deconfinement had been launched in early May. "Alas, our fears seemed well founded since the first figures coming from the field are quite alarming in terms of mortality," said David Julliard, the assistant to the interministerial delegate for road safety, in an interview with the Parisian. During the Ascension Bridge, "there were many deadly accidents and the number of deaths was higher than last year at the same time," he reports. If this excess mortality can be partly explained by "the weather", because "the good weather often results in an increase in serious accidents", David Julliard is also alarmed by an "increase in risky behavior".

8:50 a.m. First European flight to China since late March. A plane carrying a majority of Germans, about 200 employees and their families, landed in China on Saturday, marking the first return of Europeans to the country since the visa suspension in late March. The flight, departing from Frankfurt, landed at 11:52 am (5:52 am, French time) at Tianjin Airport, about a hundred kilometers southeast of Beijing. Some 200 managers and employees of German companies were on board the charter plane, managed by Lufthansa. All of them had to undergo a temperature test and a screening test for Covid-19 when they arrived in China. Passengers will then be in solitary confinement for fourteen days.

8:40 a.m. Tourism: hygiene becomes a determining criterion. Regardless of the destination chosen to go on weekends or holidays, a whole new criterion, hygiene, is now essential in the list which determines the act of booking travelers, according to the results of a survey of the OpinionWay Institute for Weekendesk. "This is a very new element and obviously directly linked to the health crisis," said Sébastien Venturini, general manager of this very short-stay Internet sales site.

8:30 am. Lufthansa: Berlin-Brussels agreement on rescue conditions. The rescue of 9 billion euros from Lufthansa passed a crucial new step on Friday with an agreement between the German government and the European Commission on the main conditions of this operation which must avoid the bankruptcy of the group. The airline giant will have to leave more room for competition at its two main German airports, the group said in a statement. The compromise provides that Lufthansa will cede to competitors up to 24 take-off and landing slots, very coveted and precious rights for companies, representing 8 aircraft parked, according to the company.

8:20 a.m. Angela Merkel refuses Trump's invitation. The German chancellor refuses to attend a G7 summit in the United States in June in person, as proposed by US President Donald Trump, because of the pandemic. "To date, given the general situation of the pandemic, she cannot accept participation in person, a trip to Washington," spokesman for the German government, Steffen Seibert, told American online media Politico. "The Federal Chancellor thanks President Trump for his invitation to the G7 summit," he added.

8:10 a.m. An unconfined Saturday… and sunny! At the start of this Pentecost weekend, the weather will perhaps calm the hearts of French people who have been confined for a long time. The weather will be sunny this Saturday over most of the country, with the exception of the eastern and southern regions, according to Météo France. In most regions, it is a new summer day which promises to be an omnipresent sun from morning to evening, except for some fogs quickly dissipated near the English Channel or in the Landes. Only the eastern and southern regions will be under a less blue sky in the morning.

8 hours. A treatment with "encouraging" results. A drug, anakinra, initially intended for rheumatic diseases, gives "encouraging" results for severe forms of the disease by reducing the risk of death, according to a French study which offers a ray of hope. "The significant reduction in mortality associated with the use of anakinra for Covid-19 in this study is encouraging in these difficult times," writes rheumatologist Randy Cron of the University of Alabama (Birmingham, United States) in the specialist journal The Lancet Rheumatology where the study appears. He underlines the "favorable safety profile" of this drug well known to rheumatologists. The goal is to counter the "cytokine storm", an uncontrolled inflammatory reaction implicated in severe forms of Covid-19 pneumonia, leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

7:50 a.m. An extraordinary tax reporting campaign. Tax centers closed because of the epidemic, automatic declaration for millions of households ... This year, the declaration of income is like no other for taxpayers. The point here.

7.40 a.m. Uruguayan President in quarantine. Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou is in quarantine after being in contact with an official who has tested positive for coronavirus, the presidential services said in a statement on Friday. This is an official from the Ministry of Social Development (Mides), Natalia Lopez, who participated in a meeting with in particular the Head of State and his Minister of Defense, Javier Garcia, in Rivera, near the Brazilian border.

7:30 a.m. New Caledonia: postponement of the independence referendum. Edouard Philippe proposed this Saturday to postpone to October 4 the referendum on the independence of New Caledonia initially scheduled for September 6, due to the logistical difficulties arising from the coronavirus crisis. The Prime Minister transmitted a draft decree with this new date to the presidents of the government and the congress of New Caledonia for advisory opinion within 15 days, according to a press release from Matignon. The text should be presented to the Council of Ministers in the second half of June, the State fixing the date of the referendum.

7.20am. United States: 1,225 deaths from coronavirus in 24 hours. The United States has recorded 1,225 new deaths from coronavirus in 24 hours, according to the daily count of Johns Hopkins University, which refers, at 2:30 am Saturday. This brings the total number of deaths deplored in the country to more than 102,000, by far the most bereaved by the pandemic.

7:10 a.m. Brazil becomes the 5th most bereaved country. Brazil became the fifth country with the most coronavirus deaths on Friday, with 27,878 deaths according to the Ministry of Health, ahead of Spain. The South American giant had a new day with more than a thousand deaths (1,124 in 24 hours), and a record number of contaminations, with 26,928 in a day, which brings the total to 465,166 since beginning of the pandemic. The four officially most bereaved countries are the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy and France, a country that Brazil could quickly overtake since it has about a thousand more deaths. In number of cases, Brazil is surpassed only by the United States, which has more than 1.7 million.

7 hours. Latest assessment in France. The latest official figures released on Friday show 18,387 patients who have died in French hospitals since the start of the epidemic, including 61 new deaths counted in 24 hours. On the hospitalization front, 14,695 patients remain in care today for Covid-19 contamination. 255 new admissions have been counted in the past 24 hours. Among those hospitalized, 1,361 people are still treated in the intensive care units. 29 new patients have been treated in specialized services in the last 24 hours.

Source: leparis

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