The Foreign & Commonwealth Office announced on 23 March that all UK nationals travelling in France should return to the UK without delay, whilst commercial options are still available.
The Mairie of Perpignan has opened a Covid-19 crisis centre in the old military hospital on rue Zamenhof, opposite the Arago carpark.
If you wish to leave home, you will need to carry proof with you at all times. This is called the attestation de déplacement dérogatoire and can be downloaded from the government website.
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Painkillers such as paracetamol, ibuprofen and aspirin will now be stocked behind the counter in French pharmacies to promote appropriate use of pain-killing drugs.
Flu and intestinal gastroenteritis have invaded the Roussillon yet again. Perpignan is amongst ten other cities in France, including Paris and Toulouse, to have exceeded the usual average at this time of year for the annual epidemic of gastroenteritis!
Along with the usual seasonal flu, a ‘gastro’ epidemic (gastroenteritis) appears to be making an uninvited round of France. It’s usually caused by a bacterial or viral tummy bug. This nasty little bug is usually…
if you lived in the UK during the 1980’s, you are forbidden from giving blood due to the risk of transmission of CJD.
The vaccination campaign against seasonal flu in France has now been launched.
Here in the Pyrénées Orientales CSF have our very own get-together, lunch preceded by a short meeting, a chance to meet up with others involved with CSF.