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Added on the 04/01/2022 12:13:57 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Ambulances arrive in Brest, on the western tip of Brittany, with four coronavirus-infected patients flown from Mulhouse in the east of France. The east of France is a coronavirus hotbed which is struggling to contain the situation. It is the fourth time inside a week the French air force has been deployed to help evacuate patients from Mulhouse hospital. IMAGES
French soldiers work hard to set up an army field hospital in the car park of the Mulhouse hospital centre. The facility is expected to accommodate 30 beds for coronavirus patients, and should be operational by the middle of the week. IMAGES
The coffin of Carène Mezino, a 37-year-old nurse stabbed to death at the end of May in Reims hospital by a mentally disturbed man, is carried in the hearse in front of the Basilica of Saint-Remi in Reims, in the presence of several hundred people, including the Minister of Health, François Braun. IMAGES
Thousands of people march in Paris in defense of the public health service, demanding an end to bed closures in hospitals. "Austerity kills", warns one sign. IMAGES
Several dozen people demonstrate in front of the University Hospital Institute (IHU) in Marseille against the compulsory vaccination of hospital staff. A general call to strike has been launched, as the Constitutional Council is set to rule on the validity of the new anti-Covid measures. IMAGES
A first Covid patient from Nice is transferred by the medical team of the plane that has just landed in Toulouse to a helicopter, heading for the hospital in Auch. In a bid to avoid more lockdowns due to pressure on the hospital system, France has started transferring Covid patients to regions where the hospital system is less saturated. IMAGES
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