In the spotlight: mourning in the United Kingdom after the disappearance of Prince Philip
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Prince Philip has died at the age of 99, two months before his 100th birthday.
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By: Norbert Navarro
9 mins
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Philip Mountbatten, husband of Queen Elizabeth II was centenary, almost ..
.
Almost
, that's the right word, because if he had still been of this world, today April 10, he would have missed only two months to the day to the day Prince Philip to celebrate his century of life.
Two out of one thousand two hundred months.
This ultimate breath, which was lacking in his canonical age, leaves "
a good part of the country in shock
,
Le Figaro
remarks
, so much the husband of Queen Elizabeth embodied an era, a part of history and a pillar of the monarchy.
".
National mourning, flags at half mast, election campaign suspended, government public events canceled, including the "
pub night
" - that's saying it!
- that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to perform on Monday to mark the reopening of British bars after more than three months of confinement, the United Kingdom is indeed in mourning for its princely Methuselah, confirms
Le Figaro
.
"
The queen loses her prince,
"
launches
Le Parisien in front page
.
On the spot, the site of this daily assures that Elizabeth II “
has the support of the whole country
”, in London “
everyone has a thought for
” her.
And while in London, apart from the irreverent Morning Star newspaper, the unanimous British press pays tribute this morning to the late Prince Philip, in France, the newspapers, with a lot of clichés, have largely put away their very Republicans comments on the Californian decadence of the English crown to salute, them too, the memory of the Duke of Edinburgh disappeared.
Witness this portfolio signed Liberation
, black and white photos of Prince Philip as a child, teenager, adult, shooting archery or darts, playing polo or cricket, so many nostalgic images, far from the pomp and paraphernalia of the Welsh Guard of Buckingham, close to the English way of life, all that
so British
glamor
of the past century, when, all around the Earth, the banners still floated to the glory of old England ...
New hope in research
The American laboratory Pfizer is working on the creation of two new antiviral drugs
.
Based on messenger RNA vaccine technology, Pfizer, which is one of its promoters, is also embarking on “
new treatments
(…)
with its German partner BioNTech
”, announces
Le Parisien
.
"
We are in the process of developing two drugs against Covid
", the spokesperson for Pfizer France told this daily, "
one in oral form, the other intravenously (and which) are still at a very early phase of their development
”.
David Lepoittevin, that's his name, also points out that an updated analysis of the phase 3 clinical trial conducted by Pfizer in South Africa shows that its vaccine "
is 100% effective against the
South African
variant
".
Two new antiviral remedies?
According to
Le Parisien
, “
if the group is still only at the beginning, the results in the laboratory, on the first, were encouraging.
Enough to encourage the lab to embark on a study.
As for the other treatment, it is already the subject of a clinical trial in hospitalized patients
", adds this journal, by qualifying its information of"
encouraging track
".
Correction concerning the Africa press review of Friday, April 9
It is wrong that yesterday, I indeed presented Banauto as being close to power.
The editorial staff of this newspaper immediately wanted to let me know that Banouto was a “
free
”
medium
of “
plural
”
expression
.
Of which act, and, without hesitation, a thousand apologies to the sisters and brothers of Banauto.
General bubble palm wine tour at my expense as soon as possible, either by Issy or Parakou.
Or Cotonou (in moderation and respecting barrier gestures).
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