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Coronavirus pandemic: French hospitals in crisis mode amid variant surge

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France's Health Ministry has asked regional health agencies and hospitals to enter "crisis organisation" to prepare for a possible surge in coronavirus cases as a result of highly contagious variants. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.

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