Latest official figures released on Tuesday of the Covid-19 virus toll in France reported 607 deaths in hospitals over the preceeding 24 hours, and a further 802 fatalities in care homes, bringing the overall numbers of those who have died in the epidemic since March 1st to 10,328.
Amid instances of people flouting confinement measure introduced last month to contain the Covid-19 virus epidemic, Paris City Hall has tightened restrictions on the movement of residents, which until now prohibited all non-essential mobility except for brief exercise close to home, with a ban on jogging between 10am and 7pm.
After what appeared to be a peak over recent days, French fatalities among hospital patients from the Covid-19 virus rose further on Monday with 833 new deaths against Sunday's figures, bringing the total number of recorded deaths in hospitals in France since the outbreak began to 8,911.
Comments by two French health experts who suggested a vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus could be tested in Africa have been dismissed by World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as a 'disgrace', a hangover from the 'colonial mentality', when he also assured 'this will not happen'.
The health ministry data showed that 357 people died from COVID-19 in hospitals, compared with 441 in the previous 24 hours, taking the total toll in hospitals to 5,889.
Figures show 471 more patients in hospitals have died, up 12% on the previous day's 4,032, while provisional tally shows coronavirus has killed a further 884 people in nursing homes and other care facilities.
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