🇫🇷 The French government has asked people to stop using homemade fabric face #masks as the artisanal coverings are considered to provide insufficient filtration against the new, more contagious #coronavirus variants 😷🦠

France 24's @JJammine reports ⤵️
@JJammine With more than 26,000 confirmed cases of #covid19 in the past 24h in #France 🇫🇷, experts are considering options to stop the spread of the virus 🦠

Could one option be to reconfine just the elderly and vulnerable? @Ellen_TLG reports ⤵️
🇫🇷✈️French President Emmanuel #Macron said that all arrivals by plane must provide a negative #Covid19 test before entering the territory, including from other #EU countries 🇪🇺

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🇫🇷 The French government will be able to #vaccinate 70 million people by the end of August "if all of the vaccines ordered are approved by European and global health authorities", French Health Minister Olivier #Véran said Thursday 💉🦠

For more ⤵️ f24.my/7Hnm.t
#EU 🇪🇺 leaders on Thursday "strongly discouraged" Europeans from non-essential travel and warned tougher restrictions on trips could come within days if efforts to curb the #coronavirus fell short 🦠

France 24’s @DaveKeating reports ⤵️
@DaveKeating 🇭🇺 The Hungarian government said Friday it had reached a deal to buy large quantities of #Russia's #SputnikV #coronavirus #vaccine 💉🦠

The move came even though the shot has not been approved by the #EU's medicines watchdog ⤵️
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The deal comes a day after #Hungary 🇭🇺 became the first #EU member to approve the #SputnikV and #AstraZeneca-#Oxford #vaccines 💉

Hungary has repeatedly criticised what it says is the slow pace of #vaccine approval and procurement by #EU 🇪🇺authorities.

@MarpleFlo reports ⤵️
@MarpleFlo Meanwhile, #Argentina 🇦🇷 has received a second batch of the #SputnikV #coronavirus #vaccine 🦠💉

Russian regulators say it has shown the efficacy of around 91.8% in people over 60, as the country seeks international endorsement for its #shot.

France 24's
@FrazJ reports ⤵️
@MarpleFlo @FrazJ #Japan 🇯🇵 and the #IOC is standing firm on their commitment to host the #Tokyo #Olympics this year but the pledge looks unlikely to ease public concern about holding the event during a #pandemic 🦠

@Ellen_TLG reports ⤵️

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What does her arrival in the White House mean for gender equality in #US politics? And will a female president be next?
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