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Added on the 20/03/2020 20:49:42 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Four Covid patients are loaded onto an A400M military medical aircraft at Lyon-Bron airport, to be evacuated to hospitals in the Paris region. The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is the most affected in France, and the Regional Health Agency (ARS) is planning a total of 200 patient transfers over the next fortnight. IMAGES
Hospital staff gather in Marseille to demonstrate a few days before the closing of the "Segur de la santé" - a government-led consultation with health sector professionals and unions on the future of the French health service. They want more than the 6.3 billion already pledged by the government. IMAGES
A few hundred people, including nursing staff in white coats, gather in front of the Robert-Debré hospital in Paris for a "casserolade", during which protesters bang pots and pans and call for more funds for public hospitals. IMAGES
French people confined to their homes gather at their balconies and windows at 8 p.m. to cheer for healthcare workers as the covid-19 epidemic continues to grow in the country. IMAGES
Images from the "Les Sablons" school where a 15-year-old teenager was beaten up by several people on Thursday afternoon as he left his secondary school in Viry-Chatillon, south of Paris, and has since been hospitalised with a life-threatening condition. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).