A sad Tuesday, with 499 deaths in the past 24-period, bringing the total to 3,523 in France. There are currently over 5,500 covid-19 victims in France on life support, as the French government scrambles to add more hospital beds to intensive care units.
Author - Heather Stimmler
American-born travel journalist and non-profit media specialist living in Paris since 1995.
On the 16th day of the coronavirus lockdown in Paris, I'm already breaking the law. We all have coping mechanisms to keep from cracking up under confinement.
This is the 15th day since the French government announced closures and then confinement to try and stop the spread of the Coronavirus. Some of you have asked what it’s like in Paris under the lockdown. All I can share with you now is what I can see from my...
Another weekend in confinement, but at least it’s warm enough to enjoy my (government approved) one-hour run within 1km of my apartment.
It has been a long week, so today’s update will be brief. Unsurprisingly, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe made the official announcement that the confinement will last until April 15th (but, once again, everyone assumes it will be extended through the end of...
The fatigue of listening to Coronavirus news each day is starting to weigh heavily, so I’m escaping a lot into the kitchen. I’ve been cooking faster than I’ve been consuming, so I don’t need to go out for at least another week!
France now has 1,331 fatal cases of Covid-19 in its hospitals, an increase of 231 in 24 hours. The number of people in intensive care rose from 2,516 to 2,827. "We are only at the beginning of the crisis," warned the Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe...
The government hasn’t given an exact date, but have announced the lockdown is most likely to last “several more weeks”.
For the moment we still don’t know how long the lockdown in Paris will last. The Conseil Scientifique report that was supposed to come out today has been pushed to Tuesday, but President Macron has made it clear that he doesn’t want to restrict the French to...
The French National Assembly had a late-night session to vote on the Emergency Health Bill that would allow the government to enact more strict confinement measures over the coming two months as well as solidify the economic measures to support businesses...
It's been a full week since the beginning of the lockdown, and adjustments are still being made in the rules and how the rules are enforced. The only trouble I've been getting into this week is in my kitchen.
Despite the rising number of infections and deaths due to Covid-19 in France -- especially in the Ile-de-France -- Parisians are not so easy to corral, so the government is preempting all irresponsible behavior before the weekend.
