New border rules for visiting France With Britain now outside the EU, there are new rules for visiting France and limits on how long some can stay >> Page 4
2020 warmest on record Last year has been confirmed as the country’s warmest year since records >> Page 6 began
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Covid vaccinations begin nationwide
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Fashion icon Pierre Cardin dies - pg 9
Paris trials holographic Stop buttons - pg 10
Moschino unveils the baguette bag - pg 12
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began vaccinating several weeks before France - are not representative, all of the countries of the EU had access to the vaccines at the same time. Amidst growing criticism, the country’s health minister Olivier Véran warned against conflating “speed with haste” and gave assurances that any lag would be made up in January. “This is a time for explaining and informing. We are gathering consent before vaccinating and this will lead to an increase in confidence,” the minister said, referring to the large percentage of vaccination-skeptics being reported – as many as one third of the public have expressed concern over taking the vaccine. The minister went on to
Paris mairie fined for employing women - pg 8
New rules when travelling with your pet post-Brexit - pg 6
Despite criticism for a slow start, France has begun nationwide vaccinations. The jabs are not compulsory, but will eventually be available to anyone who wants one.
fter a year dominated by bad news, the emergence of several effective Covid-19 vaccines injected some well-needed optimism at the end of 2020. As countries across the world rolled out their vaccination programmes, France faced mounting criticism for appearing to be slow out of the blocks. As the New Year approached, the UK - whose health authorities were the first to approve a vaccine - had vaccinated around half a million people, Germany was approaching 100,000 and Italy 10,000. At the same time, France had protected fewer than 200 of its citizens. Whilst comparison with countries like Israel, the UK and the US - which
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