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- France has recorded 178 new deaths from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total toll to 25,987 since the start of the epidemic.
- Four regions (Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Grand Est and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) remain classified in red, as well as the department of Mayotte.
- Emmanuel Macron will preside today a ceremony of May 8 in a very limited format on the Champs-Elysées, in the presence of the main political and military leaders but without audience.
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9.20 a.m .: Coronavirus disrupts May 8 ceremonies
Emmanuel Macron is to preside over a ceremony in a very limited format on the Champs-Elysées, in the presence of the main political and military leaders but without an audience.
9:10 am: Macron invites the French to take out the flags for this 8-May
The President of the Republic invited the French to plant the tricolor flags near their windows this Friday, on the occasion of May 8. The day commemorates the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Germany in Berlin, facing all of the coalition forces.
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- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 8, 20209 a.m .: 178 new deaths in France in the last 24 hours
A total of 25,987 people have died from Covid-19 since the start of the epidemic. In detail, 16,386 deaths were recorded in hospitals and 9,601 in medico-social establishments.
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