Lifestyle & Wellbeing
Fires still burning in the Var and Corsica as Mediterranean goes on alert
The Pontevès fire in the Var is still not under control at 4,500 hectares, with fires also burning in Corsica and the Landes, as seven Mediterranean departments go on high fire-risk alert.
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France ramps up vaccine rollout
The city of Nice has achieved a successful vaccination blitz with over 13,000 people inoculated in 48 hours. Meanwhile, the city’s mayor says another weekend lockdown is unlikely.
Slow progress in vaccination programme
Around 250 people received their first Covid jab within a week, equivalent to 0.65% of the population. However, more than three quarters of all patients have now received their booster shot.
“When women's rights advance, human rights advance”
To mark International Women’s Day on 8th March, we speak to Women's Rights Delegate Céline Cottalorda about her female role models, #8MarsMonaco, and the need to challenge ourselves.
Vaccine side effects study
The French medicines safety agency has been documenting the side effects of the Covid vaccinations since the start of the campaign rollout and have released results of their first analysis.
EU to give another Covid jab the green light
The European Union is likely to approve a single dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson in March, after the USA cleared it for emergency use last weekend.
300 turned away at border
Hundreds of people were prevented from entering the Principality at the weekend as authorities enforced the Alpes-Maritimes partial lockdown and Monaco’s own strict entry rules.
