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Added on the 26/08/2021 12:42:06 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Around 300 volunteer healthcare workers arrive at Orly aiport to head to the French overseas territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe where hospitals are overwhelmed with Covid-19 cases. IMAGES
The Promenade des Anglais in Nice is almost deserted during this first weekend of confinement as the region battles an increasingly worrying number of Covid-19 cases. IMAGES
French so-called "non-essential" shops should soon find out whether they can reopen or not: a Defence council starts at the Elysee Palace, where President Macron and his ministers are expected to take several decisions, two weeks after the start of a second lockdown and before a new PM presser later in the day. IMAGES
On the first day of France's return to lockdown, traffic is less dense but steady on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. The measures meant to counter a spike in cases are less strict than France's previous lockdown and provide for the continuation of some professional activites, school, postal and other services. IMAGES
Cars, pedestrians and joggers are on Paris's Champs-Elysées on the morning of the 35th day of France's lockdown, aimed at fighting the coronavirus epidemic. The strict confinement, which entered into force on March 17, will start being lifted in phases on May 11. IMAGES
Joggers leave the Saint-Martin canal in Paris as all individual sporting activities are banned from 10 a.m to 7 p.m to keep people from bending anti-coronavirus lockdown measures. President Emmanuel Macron is expected to warn France its lockdown to combat the coronavirus must go on for several more weeks at least, while also outlining how the country will recover from the crisis. IMAGES