11:09 am: “We are in a propagation phase with 10 confirmed cases in the Haut-Rhin”, announces the ARS Grand Est. The prefect of Haut-Rhin announces that he has prohibited gatherings in 2 municipalities where 2 “families” live
10:50 am: Four new cases have been confirmed in Morbihan, the prefecture has just announced. “The latest tests confirm 4 new cases of Coronavirus / COVID-19 contamination in Morbihan, including 3 people living in the cluster (Auray, Crac’h and Carnac) and 1 isolated case in Brec’h “, specifies the communicated.
He added: “Thus, in Morbihan, since March 1, 2020, 16 cases of coronavirus infection have been detected, including 1 92-year-old person who died. To cope with the development of the situation and to respond to questions from the population, a Regional Public Information Unit will be set up tomorrow morning The instructions to be observed, in cluster zones and outside cluster zones, are detailed in a leaflet available on the State website in Morbihan and on social media. “
10:28 am: The sale of masks in pharmacies is now subject to a “medical prescription”, announces the government. “This is in line with the recommendations of the ministry, according to which the general public does not need masks if it is not concerned,” the ministry of health told Franceinfo.
10:11 am: Rich countries are getting into battle to immunize the global coronavirus economy as the epidemic spreads worldwide, with WHO warning of the shortage of protective equipment.
The virus has infected more than 92,000 people worldwide and killed some 3,200 people.
In an attempt to limit the economic repercussions of the new coronavirus, which disrupts daily life in more and more countries, the United States’ central bank (Fed), the most powerful in the world, struck a big blow Tuesday by lowering its rates urgently of interest.
The surprise drop, which has never been seen in this form since the 2008 financial crisis, will “give the economy a significant boost,” institution president Jerome Powell promised.
The world’s largest economy has so far been relatively spared from the epidemic. But forecasters fear that the United States will in turn be hit harder, then fall into recession, dragging in its wake a global economy that has already suffered other shocks.
09:16: “Today we will issue a decree regulating the prices of hydroalcoholic gels”, said Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire this morning on BFM Business, after practitioners and politicians denounced in recent days a significant increase in the amount of these. “There are isolated cases where unacceptable prices have been found,” he added.
8:11 a.m .: Invited this morning on France 2, the Minister of the Armed Forces denied the rumor that the soldiers sent to Wuhan to repatriate French people had been contaminated.
7:05 am: Mobilization is increasing in France in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus, which threatens to become established over time. With four deaths and more than 200 confirmed cases on its territory, a doubling in three days, the country is preparing for a new intensification of the epidemic which now affects the daily life of the French.
Among the measures taken, a decree which makes it possible to requisition the stocks of protective masks was published on Wednesday in the official journal. Are thus requisitioned, until May 31, the stocks of FFP2 type respiratory protection masks held by “any legal person of public or private law” and the stocks of anti-projection masks held by the companies which ensure their manufacturing or distribution. Respiratory protection masks type FFP2 and anti-spray masks produced by May 31 are requisitioned, insists the decree.
In addition, the releases of two feature films, “Miss” by Ruben Alvès and “Rocks” by Sarah Gavron, were postponed by their producers due to the epidemic which led to the closure by prefectural order of 145 cinemas Oise and Morbihan. For the same reasons, Sarah Gavron’s film “Rocks” is postponed to June 17, instead of April 15.
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday called participants in a rally organized in February by an evangelical church in Mulhouse to “watch themselves”, after the discovery of several confirmed cases of new coronavirus, while the prefecture of Haut-Rhin decided to the closure of three schools.
Of the 212 cases identified at this stage in France, seven, including five within the same family, were recorded during this gathering of several thousand people from February 17 to 24 on the site of La Porte Ouvert church. Christian, in the district of Bourtzwiller, in Mulhouse “, indicated at the time of a press conference the number two of the ministry, Pr Jérôme Salomon. Just a week ago, the country counted only 12 cases, mainly related to of patients who passed through China.
6:45 am: The return semifinal of the Italian Cup football between Juventus and AC Milan which was to be played this Wednesday, March 4 in Turin has been canceled. The ANSA news agency and other Italian media reported that the Turin authorities have decided to ban the meeting. Concerns about the coronavirus increased further after the death toll from the virus reached 27 people in Italy.
6:08 am: Health officials announced Tuesday that a total of nine people have died in the United States Eight victims of the Covid-19 coronavirus have been identified in King County, close to the city of Seattle (700,000 inhabitants) ) and another died in neighboring Snohomish County. They were mainly elderly people and / or with an already fragile state of health, according to the details communicated by the health authorities of King County.
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