Category: national lockdown

France Sees Further Rise in COVID-19 Intensive Care Patients

April 4, 2021
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France reported on Saturday that 5,273 people were in intensive care units (ICU) for COVID-19, a rise of 19 from the previous day, as the country entered its third national lockdown. For the next four weeks, schools and non-essential businesses across the country will remain shut. The rise in ICU patients on Saturday followed a…

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Macron Orders COVID-19 Lockdown Across All of France, Closes Schools

April 1, 2021
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PARIS—President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals. With the death toll nearing 100,000, intensive care units in the hardest-hit regions at breaking point, and a…

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UK’s CCP Virus Variant Less Virulent Than First Estimated: Experts

January 14, 2021
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The virulence of the CCP virus variant that first emerged in England last year and triggered the country’s current third full national lockdown has been re-estimated and found to be lower than originally thought, according to experts. Raghib Ali, Senior Researcher at the University of Cambridge MRC Epidemiology Unit, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that…

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UK Supermarket Websites Under Strain Following New Lockdown Announcement

January 5, 2021
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The UK’s biggest supermarkets were overwhelmed with customers flooding their online shopping platforms to book delivery slots, following the government’s announcement of a third national lockdown. Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed the national lockdown on Monday at 8 p.m., and within hours shoppers were reporting problems with supermarket websites. Many shoppers were frustrated to learn…

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