MIN OF AGRICULTURE UNVEILS MEASURES AMID THE CONTAMINATIONS OF 1000 MINK

IN A FRENCH FARM BY SARS COV 2

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 11/25/2020, 03:16 Time

USPA NEWS - COVID-19 infection spreads in mink farms in some European Union member states, mainly in Denmark, with the recent discovery of a variant virus, but also in the Netherlands and more recently in Sweden and in Greece - isolated cases have been detected in Italy and Spain. Cases are also reported in the United States of America. France, in turn, has detected American mink contaminated with COVID-19. Following the alerts notified by the Dutch health authorities last April, specific surveillance systems were put in place and biosecurity measures were reinforced in all mink farms in France from May. At the same time, the services of the Ministry of Health were alerted. Analyzes have been carried out since mid-November as part of a scientific program led by ANSES to define the health status of the 4 French mink farms vis-à-vis the SARS-COV-2 virus.

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FRENCH MIN OF CULTURE ROSELYNE BACHELOT ANNOUNCES EMERGENCY AID FOR THE BENEFIT

OF PRESS OVER THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 11/25/2020, 03:05 Time

USPA NEWS - The French Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, welcomes the publication on November 15 of two decrees instituting emergency aid for the benefit of press titles recognized for political and general information (IPG) particularly affected by the consequences of the health crisis. They concern, on the one hand, the publishers most weakened by the judicial liquidation of Presstalis and, on the other hand, overseas titles. These exceptional measures, the appropriations of which were voted in the third amending finance law for the year 2020, are part of the "press" sector plan desired by the President of the Republic. They complete a first decree, published in the Official Journal of August 15, providing exceptional assistance to press distributors. The decree instituting exceptional aid, for a total amount of 8 million euros, to the publishers most weakened by the judicial liquidation of Presstalis is aimed at IPG publishers eligible for aid for pluralism (aid for daily newspapers and with low advertising resources) or with high sales amounts of less than 5 million euros per year. Aid recipients were to be distributed by courier by March 12, 2020.

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