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12:32 p.m. Very many personalities contaminated by the coronavirus. British singer Marianne Faithfull joins the list of figures contaminated by the new coronavirus, which won the jazzman Ellis Marsalis on Wednesday.
Also died on March 24, the Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango (86) and the American playwright Terrence McNally (81).
The American comedian Tom Hanks and his wife, the actress and singer Rita Wilson, recovered, returned to their home in Los Angeles, after two weeks of quarantine in Australia. French singers Patrick Bruel and CharlElie Couture announced Thursday that they are recovering from the coronavirus.
12:20 p.m. Australian police are investigating the deaths of 10 cruise lines. Australian police opened a criminal investigation this Sunday after the authorized landing in mid-March of thousands of cruise ship passengers, including coronavirus patients, ten of whom died.
The government had authorized the landing in Sydney of the 2,700 passengers on the liner “Ruby Princess”, operated by Carnival Australia, despite a measure taken a few days earlier which prohibited cruise ships from docking in Australia.
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12:12 p.m. 12,418 dead in Spain. Deaths since the start of the pandemic total 12,418 in the country, which has the most deaths in the world behind Italy. The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases increased by 4.8% to 130,759.
12:05 p.m. Airbus routes 4 million masks to Europe. The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus shipped this weekend from China 4 million masks to Europe, mostly intended for health authorities of the countries where the company is established, said a spokeswoman for the group on Sunday.
At 9:35 a.m., an Airbus A350-1000 belonging to the European manufacturer landed at Toulouse airport, Airbus headquarters, to unload the cargo, under the supervision of the gendarmerie.
11.58 a.m. “The word deconfinement pronounced too early” according to the boss of deputies LR Damien Abad. “The word deconfinement was pronounced too early” by the government, leading to a “relaxation” in some territories, estimates this Sunday the boss of deputies LR Damien Abad, who advocates for the exit of this screening period, wearing a mask and possible tracing .
“We note a relaxation in confinement” while it is “essential to avoid a second wave” of coronavirus patients, notes the elected representative of Ain with Europe 1, Cnews and Les Echos.
11.44 a.m. 674 deaths in 24 hours in Spain, third consecutive day of decline.
11:30 a.m. Fear of loosening containment. With the start of the holidays in France and a radiant sun all over the country this Sunday, the authorities fear a loosening of the confinement.
“No relaxation, stay at home,” urges AP-HP director general Martin Hirsch, deploring the presence of “too many people in the streets, too many strollers, too many walkers” in Paris, crossed by caregivers on their way to work. In the capital for a few days, the relaxation has been noticeable in places.
11:18 a.m. More than 550 critically ill patients have already been evacuated. In total, according to the Directorate General of Health, more than 550 patients in critical condition have been evacuated since March 18, from Grande Est and Ile-de-France to less saturated regions.
New Ile-de-France patients with Covid-19 will be transferred this Sunday at midday on two medical trains to Brittany. The region has already received six patients from Haut-Rhin and 36 from Ile-de-France.
11:07 a.m. Fedex contests the formal notice from the Labor Inspectorate. Fedex, formal notice by the Labor Inspectorate after a visit to its Roissy site on Friday evening to implement new protective measures, will “launch an appeal against (this) opinion”, the company said on Sunday.
According to the notification communicated to AFP by the CGT, the Labor Inspectorate asks the company to adapt by Monday 6 am the Personal protective equipment (PPE) provided to employees to the risks involved: masks, gloves and disposable coveralls in sufficient number. It criticizes the measures for cleaning and disinfecting the site and requires the establishment of a protocol for the collection and treatment of the protections used.
An interim employee of Manpower died on March 25 of the Covid-19 and 19 employees of the site are contaminated by the coronavirus, according to the CGT, which evokes a “cluster” on this site which employs 2,500 people.
10:55 a.m. In the Philippines, priests bless the faithful from vehicles. It is from the back of a vehicle or from a tricycle that priests bless this Sunday in the Philippines the Catholic faithful placed in confinement because of the pandemic linked to the coronavirus. On Palm Sunday which precedes Easter Sunday and opens Holy Week, priests make the sign of the cross from their vehicle to bless residents lined up outside their homes in a district of Manila.
10.42 a.m. The Emirates are doubling their plan to support the economy. The United Arab Emirates announced this Sunday the doubling of its plan to support the economy, rising to more than 64 billion euros, to mitigate the impact of the new coronavirus.
10:35 a.m. Evacuations to relieve hospitals in Ile-de-France are continuing. These new patient transfers continue this Sunday on board two medical trains to Brittany. “The first train will transport patients to Vannes, Lorient and Quimper. The second train will allow the transfer of patients distributed between Rennes, Saint-Malo, Morlaix and Brest ”, specifies the Regional Health Agency.
10:30 a.m. A man kills five people in Russia for “speaking too loud”. A man shot and killed five people near Ryazan in central Russia because he believed they were making too much noise at night under his windows, in full containment, police said on Sunday.
10:15 a.m. The great religious festivals turned upside down by confinement. Easter, Pesach, Ramadan, faced with the closure of places of worship and the ban on ceremonies, religious leaders and the faithful adapt … as best they can. Our article can be read here.
10:05 a.m. RTT less to finance health and agriculture, advocates Guillaume Peltier. LR number 2 suggests eliminating up to 5 days of RTT while increasing wages, in order to finance health and agriculture in the post-epidemic “reconstruction” of coronavirus.
10 hours. In Lebanon, vulnerable Syrian and Palestinian refugees. Dilapidated neighborhoods, overcrowded camps, poor infrastructure: in Lebanon, hundreds of thousands of destitute Palestinian and Syrian refugees are particularly vulnerable to the new coronavirus.
Officially, in Lebanon, at least three Syrian nationals have contracted the virus, according to government statistics. And a Palestinian, who did not live in a refugee camp, was also infected.
9.50 a.m. A case of coronavirus in a second migrant camp in Greece. The Malakasa camp, some 38 km north-east of Athens, is placed in “total sanitary confinement” for 14 days, with prohibition from entering or leaving it. According to the ministry, a 53-year-old Afghan man, already suffering from an illness, presented himself at the camp dispensary after experiencing symptoms of Covid-19.
9:40 a.m. 5 million workers on partial unemployment. 5 million employees benefit from partial unemployment and “in three days, 450,000 small businesses have applied for the solidarity fund,” said Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire at the JDD, adding that these systems “will be replenished as necessary” .
9:30 a.m. Drones to enforce the curfew in Jordan. Jordanian authorities announce that they will use drones and surveillance cameras to ensure compliance with the curfew imposed throughout the kingdom in order to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. Five people died from the coronavirus and 323 others were infected with the disease.
9:15 a.m. 300,000 unemployed sex workers in Thailand. The coronavirus with the closure of bars, nightclubs and “massage parlors” has made tens of thousands of sex workers in Thailand unemployed. Without government assistance, some still continue to work despite the risk of contagion.
9:07 a.m. Martin Hirsch worried about seeing too many people on the streets in Paris. The boss of the AP-HP is concerned to have crossed many Parisians in the streets this weekend when the peak of the coronavirus epidemic in Ile-de-France has not yet been reached. Our article can be read here.
8:55 a.m. The State will provide the financial means to avoid the “sinking” of the economy. “I prefer that we go into debt today, by avoiding a shipwreck, rather than allowing entire sections of our economy to be destroyed,” said Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of the Economy in an interview with JDD.
According to the minister, “over eight days, 20 billion euros in loans” guaranteed by the state were “requested by more than 100,000 companies”. To help companies overcome the shock of confinement, the state announced that it would guarantee up to 300 billion euros in bank loans, the equivalent of 15% of French gross domestic product (GDP).
8:47 a.m. Residents in nursing homes have less access to hospitals. In the regions most affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, the trend is rather to care for the sick directly in retirement homes. Our article can be read here.
8.45 a.m. Guyana is going to stage 2 of the epidemic. Guyana passed on Saturday to stage 2 of the Covid-19 epidemic, thus joining Reunion and Mayotte, while Martinique and Guadeloupe are in stage 3 like the hexagon, according to the prefecture and the ARS of Guyana. 66 cases were tested positive for Covid-19 in Guyana, one patient is currently in intensive care, 27 patients are cured. Guyana does not deplore any deaths for the moment.
8:40 a.m. Lack of means, access to care … the revolt of the elderly. Two associations deplore a loss of opportunity for the oldest patients. They have launched an action before the Council of State, as the whistleblower Michel Parigot reveals to us exclusively.
8:35 a.m. More than 300 Europeans, including 139 French, repatriated from Bolivia. More than 300 Europeans among whom 139 French left Saturday Bolivia bound for France on board of a specially chartered plane, while the air space of the Andean country is closed because of the epidemic of coronavirus.
The plane, which took off in the afternoon from Santa Cruz, will make a stopover in Madrid to disembark Spanish nationals, before en route to France.
8:32 a.m. “Health will become an absolute requirement of the population” according to Professor Axel Kahn. According to the doctor, a former genetic researcher and president of the League against cancer, drugs “are strategic elements” that must “be relocated to Europe”. Our article can be read here.
8:30 am. More and more French people are using a mask. Most did not wait for recommendations from health authorities to take the plunge.
8:25 a.m. Marianne Faithfull hospitalized after contracting the coronavirus. British singer Marianne Faithfull, an icon of the 1960s, was hospitalized after being tested positive for the new coronavirus.
8:20 a.m. Brazil lacks everything to face the coronavirus wave. Brazil, which has 10,278 coronavirus patients and deplores 432 deaths, lacks respirators, intensive care beds, qualified personnel, protective equipment and diagnostic tests as the “most acute phase” approaches. Covid-2019, alerts the Ministry of Health.
8:12 a.m. Elisabeth II addresses the British. Elisabeth II will address the British on Sunday during a very rare intervention on the part of the sovereign. The Queen of England will greet the British response to the health crisis on Sunday evening in a formal address.
8:05 a.m. Two Fiji players arrested for breach of confinement. The two men, whose identities have not been released, are professional players from these South Pacific islands, according to the Fiji Rugby Federation. These are international players, media reports say. Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama accuses these rugby players of “endangering all of Fiji”.
7.58 a.m. A “healthy carrier”, the first proven case of Covid-19 in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. An inhabitant of the archipelago, returned by plane on March 16, tested positive for coronavirus. He is a “healthy carrier” tested at the end of his stay in the imposed fortnight, specifies the prefect of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon on the antenna of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. This is the first proven case of Covid-19 recorded on the French archipelago of North America.
7.52 a.m. Dead on the streets in Ecuador. Ecuadorian Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner apologizes for the situation in the city of Guayaquil, hit by the coronavirus pandemic, where videos have shown corpses in the streets.
By the middle of this week, soldiers and police came to remove 150 bodies from homes in Guayaquil, the most populous city in Ecuador, on the Pacific coast, and the most affected by the disease.
7:50 a.m. Unpublished Easter pilgrimage to Lourdes, without worshipers. While the pilgrimage season was due to open this weekend, Lourdes is getting ready to experience an unprecedented Easter week, without devotees. The highlights of this Easter week’s celebrations will however be broadcast live by TV Lourdes, the chain of sanctuaries, whose audience has surged since the start of the pandemic.
Usually teeming with believers during this period, which kicks off seven months of pilgrimages, the Marian city and its Cave, where, according to Catholic tradition, the Virgin Mary appeared to Berdanette Soubirous in 1858, are today now deserted.
7.40 a.m. New transfers of patients from Ile-de-France this Sunday. Evacuations to relieve hospitals in Ile-de-France continue this Sunday aboard two medical trains to Brittany. “The first train will transport patients to Vannes, Lorient and Quimper. The second train will allow the transfer of patients distributed between Rennes, Saint-Malo, Morlaix and Brest ”, specifies the Regional Health Agency.
7:35 a.m. President Trump’s alarmist message. The United States records the most new deaths in 24 hours with 1,399 additional victims. President Trump warns that the country is entering “a period that is going to be really horrible”, with “very bad figures”.
7:30 a.m. The pandemic continues to ravage the world. The coronavirus has claimed at least 63,437 deaths since its appearance in December in China, including more than 46,000 in Europe, the continent most affected.
7:25 a.m. 441 new deaths in France. These new deaths bring the number of Covid-19 patients to 7,560.
Coronavirus in France: 441 new deaths in hospital, more than 7,500 deaths in total
Of these 7,560 patients, 5,532 people died in hospital and 2,028 died in nursing homes.
7.20am. 300,000 cases identified in the United States, according to the count of the American Johns Hopkins University. The country now officially has more than 8,000 dead. The milestone of 200,000 cases identified in the country had been crossed Wednesday.
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