Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Alarm in French Alps after British tourists positive for COVID

At least 14 members of a group of British tourists staying at a resort in the French Alps have tested positive for COVID-19, local officials said Friday, despite showing negative tests upon their arrival in the country.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Under fire, France pledges speedier vaccination rollout

Under fire for a glacially slow rollout of coronavirus vaccine shots, France's government pledged Thursday to pick up the pace, offering quicker inoculation to a broader array of health care workers starting next week.

Vaccination

First COVID vaccine doses arrive in France

France's first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine were delivered early Saturday to the Paris hospital system's central pharmacy outside the capital, an AFP journalist saw.

Vaccination

France to get 1.16 mn COVID vaccine doses by year end

France will receive around 1.16 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by year end, Prime Minister Jean Castex said Wednesday, adding another 2.3 million will arrive in the next two months.

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