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Medical, Political and Economic action in the face of the Pandemic

Medical, Political and Economic action in the face of the Pandemic. Group RDM

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France

he pandemic reached France on 24 January

2020, when the first COVID-19 case in Europe

was confirmed in Bordeaux. A key event in the spread

of the disease in the country was the annual assembly

of the Christian Open Door Church between 17 and 24

February in Mulhouse, which was attended by about

2,500 people, at least half of whom are believed to have

contracted the virus.

On 13 March, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe ordered

the closure of all non-essential public places, and on

16 March, French President Emmanuel Macron

announced mandatory home confinement, a policy

which has been extended at least until 11 May. As

of 23 April, France has reported over 120,804 confirmed

cases, 21,856 deaths, and 42,088 recoveries. ranking

fourth in number of confirmed cases. On 25 April

it was reported that riots had occurred in the Paris

suburbs, after five weeks of lockdown due to ongoing

pandemic.

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