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French PM issues warning amid spike in cases

October 12, 2020

PARIS — French Prime Minister Jean Castex has warned that France could impose further restrictions as the coronavirus is spreading rapidly and the situation in hospitals is deteriorating in the country.

Speaking on French news broadcaster France Info on Monday, Castex said that “there can be no more slackening” to face the COVID-19 epidemic. Nine big cities, including Paris and Marseille, have been placed under maximum virus alert.

Castex called on French people to limit private gatherings in their homes. He said a “general lockdown” of the country “must be avoided by all means.”

French health authorities reported about 43,000 new infections over the weekend.

The director of the Paris region public health agency, Aurelien Rousseau, said that COVID-19 patients now occupy more than 42% of ICU beds in the capital and its suburbs. Speaking on BFM TV, he said that the rate of positive tests reached 17% in the

More than half of French nurses approaching burn-out: survey

October 11, 2020

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More than half of French nurses are close to burning out, according to a survey of nearly 60,000 of them published on Sunday, which found they were struggling with cancelled holidays and increased work due to coronavirus.

The survey carried out by the national French nursing union found that 57 percent of respondents reported being in a “state of professional exhaustion”, up from 33 percent before the global Covid-19 pandemic struck France early in 2020.

The findings underline the strains being felt in the healthcare sector in Europe, which came under unprecedented pressure during the first wave of infections and now faces another surge in admissions.

The results are also likely to increase pressure on the centrist French government of President Emmanuel Macron, with more than a third of nurses saying their departments were understaffed compared to normal, and two thirds saying working conditions have deteriorated since the start of

Soaring virus infection puts more French cities on alert

October 11, 2020

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PARIS (AP) — Four French cities have joined Paris and Marseille in the maximum alert status to fight the spread of the coronavirus, and it appeared likely that the list would soon grow as infections soar.

Bars shut down and other severe measures are ordered under maximum alert.

Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne in the southeast and Lille in the north moved to maximum alert on Saturday when health authorities reported nearly 26,900 new daily infections in 24 hours. There were just under 5,000 new hospitalizations over the past week, with 928 of them in ICUs, and the positive rate for the increasing number of COVID-19 tests climbed to 11%. Nearly 32,690 coronavirus deaths have been counted in France, but the actual number is likely higher due to deaths at home and incomplete reporting from hospitals or rest homes.

While France girded itself for a climb in critical numbers, a consultation

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October 11, 2020

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PARIS (AP) — Four French cities have joined Paris and Marseille in the maximum alert status to fight the spread of the coronavirus, and it appeared likely that the list would soon grow as infections soar.

Bars shut down and other severe measures are ordered under maximum alert.

Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne in the southeast and Lille in the north moved to maximum alert on Saturday when health authorities reported nearly 26,900 new daily infections in 24 hours. There were just under 5,000 new hospitalizations over the past week, with 928 of them in ICUs, and the positive rate for the increasing number of COVID-19 tests climbed to 11%. Nearly 32,690 coronavirus deaths have been counted in France, but the actual number is likely higher due to deaths at home and incomplete reporting from hospitals or rest homes.

While France girded itself for a climb in critical numbers, a consultation

French nurses’ poll paints grim picture as virus cases soar

October 11, 2020

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PARIS (AP) — A significant number of French nurses responding to a poll say they are tired and fed up, with 37% saying that the coronavirus pandemic is making them want to change jobs.

The poll published Sunday by the National Order of Nurses comes as COVID-19 infection rates soar across the nation.

French health authorities counted nearly 26,900 new daily infections Saturday and had four more cities join Paris and Marseille in the maximum alert category: Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne in the southeast and Lille in the north.

There were just under 5,000 new hospitalizations over the past week, with 928 of them in ICUs, and the positive rate for the increasing number of COVID-19 tests climbed to 11%. Nearly 32,690 coronavirus deaths have been counted in France, but the actual number is likely far higher, due to limited testing and missed cases.

Nearly 59,400 nurses responded to the

As virus fills French ICUs anew, doctors ask what went wrong

October 9, 2020

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PARIS (AP) — Over the course of a single overnight shift this week, three new COVID-19 patients were rushed into Dr. Karim Debbat’s small intensive care ward in the southern French city of Arles. His service now has more virus patients than during the pandemic’s first wave, and is scrambling to create new ICU beds elsewhere in the hospital to accommodate the sick.

Similar scenes are playing out across France. COVID-19 patients now occupy 40% of ICU beds in the Paris region, and nearly a quarter in ICUs nationwide, as several weeks of growing infections among young people spread to vulnerable populations.

Despite being one of the world’s richest nations — and one of those hardest hit when the pandemic first washed over the world — France hasn’t added significant ICU capacity or the staff needed to manage extra beds, according to national health agency figures and doctors at multiple

Novak Djokovic enters French Open semi-finals but faces fitness battle

October 7, 2020

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Novak Djokovic is still in the French Open – but only after a drawn-out struggle in four sets on Wednesday night against Pablo Carreño Busta, the Spaniard who cashed in at the US Open when the world No 1 was disqualified for striking a line official with a spare ball. It was not a joyous reunion.

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A month after their shared New York drama, Carreño Busta had notions of winning on his own merits after taking the first set of the second quarter-final on day 11, but Djokovic ignored nagging pain in his upper left arm and his neck as he cobbled together a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 win in 3hr 10min under the lights on

French Open plays on amid new coronavirus restrictions and after Alexander Zverev fever

October 6, 2020

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On Saturday evening, France recorded nearly 17,000 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, its largest single-day increase since it began recording daily tallies. Authorities hope that new temporary restrictions will reduce pressure on hospitals, which have begun to see increases in patients admitted to intensive care wards.

“We are all aware that we are entering a new phase,” Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said Monday, adding that the virus was here to stay for the immediate future. “We have to work together to protect the most vulnerable.”

Meanwhile, the French Open plays on.

Paris’s new restrictions throw the health protocols at the year’s final major tournament into sharp relief, and not just because of the virus raging outside the confines of Roland Garros.

On Sunday, U.S. Open runner-up Alexander Zverev said at a news conference that he had a fever of 100.4 degrees Saturday and was feeling so sick that he

Healthy French toast casserole is a breakfast recipe of champions

September 29, 2020

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The healthy comfort food cookbook is filled with delicious recipes.

September 29, 2020, 12:30 PM

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TV star, entrepreneur, mom of three and best-selling author Kristin Cavallari has heartwarming recipes that she concocted for her new cookbook, “True Comfort: More Than 100 Cozy Recipes Free of Gluten and Refined Sugar.”

Cavallari joined “Good Morning America” to share a simple brunch recipe and explained why she chose to focus on some of the most requested dishes that are hardest to find, healthy comfort food.

The new book, a follow-up to her bestseller “True Roots,” includes everything from cozy breakfasts like an apple Dutch baby and espresso overnight oats to soul-satisfying dinners like red wine braised short ribs and oat crust chicken pot pie.

Cavallari’s latest cookbook also includes tips and tricks that readers need to assemble a well-stocked pantry,

Kristin Cavallari shares healthy French toast casserole recipe from new cookbook ‘True Comfort’

September 29, 2020

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The healthy comfort food cookbook is filled with delicious recipes.

September 29, 2020, 12:30 PM

4 min read

TV star, entrepreneur, mom of three and best-selling author Kristin Cavallari has heartwarming recipes that she concocted for her new cookbook, “True Comfort: More Than 100 Cozy Recipes Free of Gluten and Refined Sugar.”

Cavallari joined “Good Morning America” to share a simple brunch recipe and explained why she chose to focus on some of the most requested dishes that are hardest to find, healthy comfort food.

The new book, a follow-up to her bestseller “True Roots,” includes everything from cozy breakfasts like an apple Dutch baby and espresso overnight oats to soul-satisfying dinners like red wine braised short ribs and oat crust chicken pot pie.

Cavallari’s latest cookbook also includes tips and tricks that readers need to assemble a well-stocked pantry,