Lifestyle & Wellbeing
Butterfly Ball set to return to Monaco under new creative direction
The Butterfly Ball will return to Monaco this October for its 10th anniversary edition, with organiser Caudwell Children announcing that renowned event designer Billy Folchetti will serve as guest creative director.
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Incidence rate nears 2,000
Around 13% of all Covid tests conducted in Monaco are coming back positive, three times higher than the weekly average. Meanwhile, the incidence rate has again hit an all-time high of almost 2,000.
February signalled for new Novavax vaccine
The new Novavax Covid vaccine, which doesn’t use RNA technology and was recently approved by the European Union, could be ready for use in France “at the beginning of February”.
Mandatory health pass for more workers, shorter self-isolation periods
Faced with an “explosion” in the number of Covid-19 cases, the Prince's Government is readjusting some restrictions, including an extension of the mandatory health pass for workers in more...
Monaco records fourth Covid-related death this year
Another resident who tested positive for Covid has died, this time aged 94, bringing the total this year to four in just six days.
Crackdown on the unvaccinated in France and Italy
France has approved a controversial Covid vaccine pass, ostensibly barring the unvaccinated from many daily activities, whilst Italy has made it mandatory for all people over 50 to be vaccinated.
Third Covid death in five days
Another Covid-related fatality on Wednesday marks a grim start to the year for Monaco, with three deaths in just five days. Hospitalisations are also reaching critical point.
