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The Corona Crisis gets real | 89 comments (89 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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France will close all schools and universities in the country in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, President Emmanuel Macron has announced.

Speaking in a televised address on Thursday evening, Macron said the measures would be implemented from Monday following a spike in confirmed cases of the deadly virus.



Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing, nothing you can measure anymore
L. Cohen
by john_evans (john(dot)evans(dot)et(at)gmail(dot)com) on Thu Mar 12th, 2020 at 08:57:27 PM EST
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Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Thu Mar 12th, 2020 at 10:25:25 PM EST
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France orders non-essential public places to close - BBC
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has ordered the closure of all non-essential public locations from midnight (23:00 GMT Saturday) in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

The measure applies to restaurants, cafes, cinemas and discos, as well as non-essential businesses.

Mr Philippe also called on French people to reduce their travel, especially between towns.

France reported a sharp rise in cases on Saturday, from 3,661 to 4,499.

See below Re: Social distancing.

Martin Hirsch, General Manager of the Paris hospitals system, declared that most caregivers who contracted the virus (about 50 to date) did so during their "social life" (restaurants, movies etc...) rather than at the hospital. Given the generally insouciant attitude of most people for the past couple of weeks, despite the public health authorities recommendations about hand washing etc... this is hardly surprising. However, many people might flip from unconcerned to completely panicked overnight.

by Bernard (bernard) on Sat Mar 14th, 2020 at 07:44:00 PM EST
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