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  • The coronavirus caused 135 additional deaths in 24 hours in France, bringing the total of deaths to 24,895. Three departments have gone from orange to green on the deconfinement map: Gers, Loire Atlantique and Mayenne.
  • From this Monday, supermarkets will sell surgical masks, the selling price of which is capped at 95 cents per unit, or 47.50 euros maximum for a box of 50 masks.
  • The United States is by far the country with the highest number of deaths from the pandemic. The coronavirus has killed 1,450 people in this country in the past 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University, a stable figure which brings the total American balance sheet to more than 67,600 deaths.

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7:49 am: The difficult question of back to school, even for Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted on Sunday that he did not know if he would send his children back to school if they were schooled in Quebec, the Canadian province most affected by coronavirus.

"I don't know," admitted Justin Trudeau, when asked about the issue during a program broadcast Sunday evening on the public channel Radio-Canada. "It's going to be an extremely personal decision for many parents," he said. His three children are enrolled in "a French-language public school in Ontario that will not reopen" in the near future, he said.

7:35 am: Breath of air in Italy, where part of the restrictions are lifted from this Monday

Italy, confined for two months, begins Monday a new phase in its fight against the epidemic, with a partial lifting of restrictions in this country where the virus has killed more than 29,000 people. “Phase II begins. We must be aware that this will be the start of an even greater challenge, ”warned the head of the cell responsible for responding to the pandemic, Domenico Arcuri.

Reopening of the parks, family visits, limited and supervised trips, take-away sales for bars and restaurants ... The new rules are eagerly awaited by Italians. However, they differ in the twenty regions of the country that did not suffer the epidemic in the same way, creating some confusion.

7:30 am: A deconfinement to the test of the Senate

Reopening of schools, quarantine measures… After the National Assembly last week, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe must submit this Monday to the Senate his national deconfinement plan from May 11. This presentation scheduled from 2:30 p.m. must be followed by a debate and a vote. Later that evening, the Senate is also scheduled to consider the bill extending the state of emergency for two months until July 24.

Good morning all ! Welcome to this live on Monday May 4. Here, Lucie, Manon and Jean-Loup to present you all the information related to the coronavirus throughout the day. Today on the program: the presentation of the deconfinement plan by Edouard Philippe to the Senate, and Italy is beginning to deconfinate. Let's go ! (To bring up the news for the night, go to our previous live by following this link).

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