Lifestyle & Wellbeing
Nice bans Saturday protests across city centre as 450 officers prepare to deploy
Demonstrations and protest gatherings will be banned across central Nice from 8am to midnight on Saturday 24th October, one week after shops were looted and police attacked during protests against the cost of living.
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Covid latest from the WHO
The WHO has approved two new drugs to treat the Covid virus, including an existing arthritis medication. It comes as the organisation predicts that half of all Europeans will contract the Omicron...
Gay men allowed to donate blood without strings
After nearly four decades, homosexuals in France will soon be able to become blood donors without tiresome conditions or a long abstinence period.
Monaco Red Touch Challenge aimed at youth
The first everMonaco Red Touch Challenge, organised by Le Pôle Jeunesse, is daring young people to come up with projects that will better lives and help the environment.
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...
