Coronavirus: Daily updates on the situation in FranceHow many recorded new cases are there? Who in France can access a fourth vaccine dose? How is the vaccination campaign progressing? We explain
President Macron considers widower’s appeal for Covid remembrance day Lionel Petitpas lost his wife, Joelle, to Covid in 2020, he says his wife was ‘treated as if she had the plague in medieval times’
Mask requirement on public transport in France to end on May 16It comes as the EU aviation safety body announces an end to its recommendation for masks on planes
Covid cases falling in France but professor says ‘pandemic not over’Better systems must be put in place to anticipate future variants of the virus, says an epidemiologist at the University of Geneva
Fourth dose of Covid vaccine ‘not ruled out’ for everyone in FranceA second booster is already available for the over-60s but may be necessary for everyone come September, says a leading professor
First cases of Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 detected in FranceThe two strains contain a mutation which was present in the Delta variant. They are not considered to be variants ‘of concern’ at this stage
Covid: ‘French case numbers could be as high as 1.5 million a day’Leading expert says current test levels are underestimating the situation and says that a ‘worrying thick fog is forming around the pandemic’ in Europe
Is France past the peak of Covid cases? Latest figuresCovid cases have dropped for the past two days with the current trend aligning with modelling from the Institut Pasteur
Number of people catching Covid twice rising in France due to OmicronThere were nearly 700,000 possible reinfections in the past year, with 95.2% of them occurring since December 6
Head of French Covid victims group sues firms hired to manage pandemicThe three private companies were hired to help organise the storage and delivery of masks and vaccines, but are now caught up in a corruption scandal
UK is moved to France’s green list for travel This will ease rules for unvaccinated people and means no more sworn statements for vaccinated people
People with Covid will be able to vote in French presidential election‘Voting is a constitutional right’ which should not be compromised, France’s government spokesperson has said
French Covid case numbers highest in Brittany – and still risingCôtes-d’Armor is currently the only French department with an infection rate of more than 2,000 per 100,000. Hospitalisations are not increasing in proportion, however
Covid rebound in France: how soon are people being reinfected?People who have had Omicron are now catching the BA.2 subvariant, France’s biologists union reports
France Covid: Children of dead health workers made wards of the stateThis will enable them to benefit from social and financial support in honour of their parents who ‘took care of the lives of others’
French Covid cases rising, WHO says restrictions lifted too earlyThe World Health Organization says measures in European countries, such as France and the UK, were dropped too ‘abruptly’, going from ‘too many to too few’
‘No need’ to bring back Covid rules in France despite rising casesThe health minister said that increasing epidemic indicators are ‘not a worrying sign’ and denied that lifting measures was an electoral move
France Covid: close contact procedure changes from todayUnvaccinated people aged over 12 who have been in contact with a Covid case no longer need to self-isolate. Testing rules remain though
First French Covid vaccine: When will it be ready, who will benefit?The Valneva vaccine is in the ‘final phase’ of receiving approval from the European Medicines Agency, and could be used for annual boosters
French health minister defends easing of Covid rules despite case riseHe cited examples of Germany and Italy where Covid mask wearing rules and passes have been maintained but which are both also experiencing a rebound
Covid France: Painful swallowing is new symptom related to OmicronIt is medically known as odynophagia
Covid France: Hospital rates rise slightly, ICU admittances decreasingThe regions seeing the highest increase in cases are those in which children went back to school earlier after the February half-term holidays
