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Added on the 15/10/2020 14:10:50 - Copyright : France 24 EN
"Shops, certain cultural and sporting activities, and (cafe) terraces" could reopen "around mid-May" in France depending on the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, Prime Minister Jean Castex says. SOUNDBITE
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives to give evidence at Britain's Covid-19 inquiry. During the pandemic he was Britain's Finance Minister, and has faced criticism for his implementation of a scheme called 'Eat Out To Help Out'. Designed to revive demand for restaurants after they were closed in Covid lockdowns, the scheme has been criticised for potentially helping spread the disease, with senior scientists saying they weren't consulted. IMAGES
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne holds a meeting on Covid-19 via videoconference with the prefects and directors of regional health agencies, as Europe currently experiences a seventh wave of the epidemic. IMAGES
French professor Didier Raoult, director of the Marseille university hospital and microbiologist, has been sanctioned with a "reprimand" by the disciplinary chamber of the Order of Physicians of New Aquitaine, who analysed two complaints filed against him in late 2020. IMAGES
France's former health minister Agnes Buzyn leaves the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR) without comment, after being indicted for "endangering the lives of others" over the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. IMAGES
Former health minister Agnès Buzyn leaves France's Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR), after being charged over her handling of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. Investigators at the special court in Paris concluded there were grounds to prosecute her. IMAGES
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