Nouvelles mesures - activities

Covid: bars and restaurants must close at 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day in Paris

This Wednesday December 29, Paris Police Prefecture announced all bars and restaurants in the city must close at 2 a.m. – at the latest – on Saint Sylvester night.

Coronavirus: defense council on Wednesday, June 2 on vaccinating teenagers and decontamination

While the coronavirus epidemic seems to be slowing down in France, a new health defense council is meeting this Wednesday, June 2, 2021, to study the 3rd phase of decontainment and vaccination during the summer and teenage vacations. What can we expect?

New restrictions in Paris and Île-de-France: 4-week lockdown

The coronavirus epidemic is escalating in Île-de-France. The entire region has been placed under strengthened surveillance and hospitals are adapting to the increase in admissions in intensive care units. As the regional incidence rate exceeded the threshold of 400 cases for 100,000 inhabitants, Jean Castex has announced a four-week lockdown in the entire Paris area.

Covid: “Time has come to consider measures for the Île-de-France region”, Castex admits

As the health situation is deteriorating in some departments in France, Jean Castex has given an interview to Apolline de Malherbe and Maxime Switek during a special broadcast on Tuesday March 16, 2021 on BFMTV in the evening. During the show, the French Prime Minister admitted the Île-de-France region might be placed in lockdown.

Covid: some highly visited places soon to be closed at weekend?

During the latest press brief, on March 4, Jean Castex said prefects might have to “ban or regulate the access to some highly visited places at weekends, where there are mass gatherings, too often free of masks and distancing”.

Avian flu in France: Twice as many clusters in South-Western France, the situation is "out of control"

The situation is getting worse in South-Western France. In one week the number of avian flu clusters had doubled up. From now on, the National Food Administration reports 124 of them in the country, including 119 in Landes. As for professionals of the sector, they find the situation "out of control".

Grande Arche rooftop temporarily closes

Because of the new health restrictions, the rooftop of the Grande Arche closes starting October 1. This cultural venue can no longer receive people safely because of coronavirus. This closure is only temporary, the Grande Arche rooftop hopes to be able to reopen as soon as conditions are more favorable.

Coronavirus: Paris and its inner suburbs on reinforced alert, restrictions

Paris and its inner suburbs are now put on reinforced alert, like Bordeaux, Lille, Rennes and even Toulouse and Montpellier. Therefore, new restrictions have been announced by Health Minister Olivier Véran this September 23, 2020. Here are the new restrictions in Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne.

Coronavirus: supermarkets implement new measures, priority given to health caregivers

Priority access to health caregivers, hours for elderly people, early opening and late closing, without forgetting a security guard to make sure health safety distances are respected… As we are confined, supermarkets have to adapt and take new measures to face the influx of clients.