Pharmacists in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes and Nouvelle Aquitaine will be able to vaccinate their clients against Flu

Flu: Pharmacists Allowed to Vaccinate in Two Regions

In Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, some pharmacists will now be able to vaccinate their customers against the flu. Pharmacists in the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes and Nouvelle-Aquitaine are allowed on an experimental basis to proceed to vaccinations against flu, sets a decree published in the Official Journal (OJ). The measure, included in the last budget law for Social Security, allows […]

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45,000 homes are still without electricity after Storm Zeus

Still 45,000 Homes without Electricity after the Passage of the Storm Zeus

WEATHER: 25,000 customers were without power in Brittany and 13,000 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes … The storm Zeus passed France early in the week, but the damage it has caused is still not all repaired. No fewer than 45,000 homes were still without power on Wednesday at midday, mainly Brittany and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, according to a new assessment of […]

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Two people have been killed by the high winds of storm Zeus

Winds: Two Dead and Three Wounded Students after Tree Falls

WEATHER: Nineteen departments are still on orange alert for “winds” … The violent winds on a part of France have caused the death of two people. A driver was killed after a tree fell on his truck in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. This southern department was on orange alert for high winds late Monday afternoon, while 11 other […]

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The Rhone, the Loire and Haute-Loire were placed in orange alert Friday for strong winds by Meteo France

Weather: Up to 130 km/h winds, Orange Alert for 11 Departments

Eleven departments in the Southeast and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region were placed on Orange alert, this Friday for high winds by Meteo France, which provides gusts up to 130 km/h, locally accompanied by significant falls snow. The orange alert previously announced for wind in the Rhone, the Loire and the Haute-Loire was extended at midday to a […]

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Due to Pollution levels, alternating traffic measures this Friday in Lyon and Villeurbanne

Pollution: Alternating Traffic in Lyon and Villeurbanne Friday

The Rhone prefecture announced Wednesday the establishment of alternating traffic in Lyon and Villeurbanne from Friday. Like Paris, both cities face an episode of fine particle pollution. The prefect of the Rhône decided “early” the establishment of alternating traffic in Lyon and in the nearby town of Villeurbanne from Friday because of a “sustainable episode […]

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The names of the new merged french regions has been announced

The Name of New Major French Regions Formalized

The name of the new seven major regions, from the territorial reform which reduced the number of metropolitan areas, is endorsed on Thursday in the Official Journal. The number of metropolitan areas is reduced from 21 to 12, through the merger of some of them. The region “Grand Est” (capital Strasbourg) and refers to the […]

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