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France’s daily reported new coronavirus cases broke a new record on Tuesday with an average of over 300,000 a day in the past week, with the headline figure approaching half a million.
The US, Britain, France and Australia have all announced record numbers of daily COVID-19 cases as the WHO warned on Tuesday that Omicron’s dizzying spread increased the risk of newer, more dangerous variants emerging.
Daily coronavirus infections in France have crossed the 100,000 mark as the county’s health officials reported 104,611 new cases in the last 24 hours.
The Omicron coronavirus variant is now suspected to be responsible for up to 10 percent of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in France and is the main reason behind plans for stricter health requirements for entering some venues, the health minister said on Saturday.
French boats have rescued 138 migrants stranded in the Channel as they tried to reach Britain from France on transient vessels, authorities said on Friday.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating himself, the Prime Minister’s office said on Monday.
World champions France booked their place at next year’s World Cup in Qatar in style as Kylian Mbappe fired in four goals in an 8-0 thrashing of Kazakhstan at the Parc des Princes on Saturday.
Bangladesh has requested France to take the Rohingya issue to the UN Security Council as the country is a permanent member of the council, says Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen.
Laying emphasis on doubling bilateral trade volume by 2025, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina invited French businessmen to boost their investment in Bangladesh as the country sits at a strategic location among major economic centers in the Indo-Pacific region.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was accorded a warm and rousing reception at Elysee Palace on the first day of her visit to Paris, France.
France won the Nations League final with goals from Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe earning them a 2-1 win over Spain at the San Siro stadium on Sunday.
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 to help combat the pandemic.
United Nations investigators on Tuesday said that a French airstrike killed 19 civilians and three armed men at a wedding in the remote desert of central Mali in January, reports Reuters.
France were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Ukraine on Wednesday in their qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cup despite Antoine Griezmann scored a superb goal.
Major EU countries including, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain halted the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday after several reports of blood clots in Europe, despite the World Health Organization (WHO) insisted that it is safe to use.
