Ebola

Ebola

Ebola: What is the risk of it coming to France?

What are the chances of the Ebola virus coming to France? And if it did make it to these shores how bad would it be? The Local takes a closer look at the possibility and also how the French government plans to deal with an outbreak.

Immigration

French cops to bulldoze Calais migrant camps

Police in northern France plan to dismantle a series of improvised migrant camps, including one dubbed the “Syrian Camp”, after an outbreak of scabies. It’s part of the ongoing tension in the city of Calais where thousands of immigrants have massed with hopes of reaching the UK.

Ebola

Ebola scare sees plane quarantined in Paris

An Air France plane from the Ebola-hit west African country of Guinea was quarantined in Paris for two hours Friday after the crew suspected a passenger may have the deadly disease, the airline said. It comes after France introduced measures to prevent the spread of the disease.

virus

Ebola epidemic prompts warnings in France

The Ebola virus epidemic that has killed over 80 people in west Africa has prompted French health authorities to set up new procedures for airlines and send out an alert urging hospitals to be ready for a case of the disease.