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Coronavirus death toll spikes to 674 in France as cases surpass 16,000

by Compiled from Wire Services

ISTANBUL Mar 22, 2020 - 11:06 pm GMT+3
A man has his head covered with a plastic bag for protection reads a book in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, France, 22 March 2020. (EPA Photo)
A man has his head covered with a plastic bag for protection reads a book in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, France, 22 March 2020. (EPA Photo)
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The number of people suffering from the novel coronavirus has increased to 16,018, and 674 people have died, the French Health Ministry said late Sunday.

These figures have increased from 14,459 infections and 562 deaths the day before, the ministry noted.

The first hospital doctor has also died, the ministry added.

France's two-chamber parliament earlier on the same day declared a health emergency in the country to counter the spread of the coronavirus, giving the government greater powers to fight the pandemic.

The text, first agreed by the upper house Senate, passed its final legislative hurdle later in the evening when it was adopted by the lower house National Assembly dominated by President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party.

The law also allows the government to take measures to support companies and backs up its decision to delay a second round of municipal elections, to June at the latest.

The text, based on legislation agreed after 2015 terror attacks in France, declares a "state of health emergency" along the lines of a state of emergency declared during a threat to national security.

The emergency lasts two months from the day of its adoption, and is renewable.

Only a handful of lawmakers were physically present to pass the legislation, with most voting by proxy, in line with the social distancing rules currently in force to fight the coronavirus.

Adoption of the text by the Senate, which is controlled by the opposition, was impeded by wrangling between the two chambers, with right-wing parties fearing infringements on civil liberties.

"We are not in agreement on all the points," said Bruno Retailleau, leader of the opposition Republicans in the Senate. "But we are voting for it as we don't want to hold up the government's action."

The bill passed in the Senate by a show of hands.

It was then passed in a near-deserted National Assembly with lawmakers present only to represent factions and declare proxy voting in a procedure agreed by speaker Richard Ferrand.

Meanwhile, France's civil security director general Alain Thirion said that police had booked people on 91,824 occasions for violating the lockdown regime, a transgression punishable by a fine of at least 135 euros ($145).

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