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France plans 6 pm curfew to prevent third coronavirus wave
But French health minister now rules out another nation-wide lockdown.
French minister warns that third lockdown cannot be ruled out
Health minister Olivier Véran spoke as authorities in France fear arrival of a third wave in the weeks following the Christmas holidays.
France's second COVID wave could be worst than first says minister
France would see the number of Covid sufferers in intensive care peak at 6,000 even if the public complied with the new lockdown, health minister Olivier Véran said.
French police search homes of top officials in virus probe
The searches are part of an investigation into the government response to the global coronavirus pandemic, and included the offices of the current health minister Olivier Veran.
How France's Covid test and trace strategy became overwhelmed

The spread of the Covid-19 virus is accelerating in France and already the country's testing system is struggling to cope. Many people are having to wait for tests, long queues have formed at testing stations and laboratories, and delays in results themselves – which can be up to five days – are “unacceptable”, the authorities admit. After pushing the policy of mass testing in the summer the government is now trying to rein back and give precedence to priority cases. Experts say that, once again, the national authorities have failed to anticipate events and demand. One glimmer of hope may be the arrival of new, much faster tests. Caroline Coq-Chodorge reports.
French cities face new virus curbs in 'race against the clock'
Health minister Olivier Véran said measures would be announced for Lyon and Nice by Saturday, after curbs on public gatherings were imposed this week in Bordeaux and Marseille.
Departed French PM and ministers probed over Covid-19 response
Former French prime minister Édouard Philippe, who stepped down on Friday to become mayor of the town of Le Havre, former health minister Agnès Buzyn and her successor Olivier Véran, are to be investigated over their handling of the Covid-19 virus epidemic after a special court for judging members of government over wrongdoing while in office accepted nine complaints lodged against them.
France bans hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19
The battle to use the drug in France has been waging for the past two months.
France warns against handshakes as corona infections numbers soar
France will also keep several schools in the Oise area north of Paris closed after holidays end on Sunday in order to halt the spread of the virus, health minister Olivier Veran said.
France votes to ban ultra-thin models in crackdown on anorexia
Modelling agencies protest as anyone employing models who are considered too thin face fines of up to €75,000 and six months in prison.