Bordeaux: Tourism hit hard by the coronavirus crisis

Coronavirus in Bordeaux: Tourism Figures for the City are Disastrous

ECONOMY: High-end hotels and structures linked to business tourism are particularly affected in Bordeaux Unsurprisingly, tourism figures for 2020 are in a total collapse in Bordeaux: hotel attendance has fallen by 55%, attendance at monuments by 74% … “2020 was to be an exceptional year, regrets Olivier Occelli, director-general of the Bordeaux Métropole tourist office, this Tuesday, on the occasion of the […]

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The Coronavirus positivity rate has doubled in one week in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Coronavirus in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: The Positivity Rate Doubled in One Week

EPIDEMIC: The situation is partly explained by a return to normal screening practices, but also by a resumption of the circulation of Sars-Cov-2, Public Health analysis The positivity rate in Nouvelle-Aquitaine went from 1.9% to 4% during the last week of 2020. This is partly a return to normal screening practices, after a sharp increase just […]

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Coronavirus: Why has the crisis greatly degraded our sleep?

Coronavirus: Why Has The Crisis Greatly Degraded Our Sleep?

TROUBLES: The Kanopée application, launched by the head of the sleep medicine service at Bordeaux University Hospital, aims to take stock of his sleep hygiene and more generally his state of mental health during the coronavirus crisis. Complaints of insomnia among the French have tripled with the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis. The general climate and the loss […]

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Philippe Etchebest disputes the government's decision to introduce new confinement.

Confinement: “It’s a Killing”, reacts Philippe Etchebest to the Compulsory Closure of Restaurants

Wednesday 28th October 2020, Emmanuel Macron announced the closure of restaurants until December 1st. In Bordeaux, chef Philippe Etchebest was quick to react. With anger. “We’re in shock … It’s a kill !” “It is in the name of a profession that Philippe Etchebest, who owns Le Quatrième Mur in Bordeaux (Gironde), reacted to President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement, this Wednesday 28th October, to close restaurants until December 1st. “We […]

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Relaxation of health measures in the Gironde, due to new indicators of the coronavirus

Coronavirus in Gironde: Relaxation of Health Measures, But Bars Remain Closed at 10pm

COVID-19: The Gironde prefecture confirms a stabilisation of indicators of coronavirus in the department, and announces relaxation of measures, but not yet a total lifting From Sunday, for the whole of the Gironde outside mainland France, gymnasiums, sports halls, and stadiums will reopen for everyone. For the whole of the department including the metropolis, the ballrooms […]

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Yoga rooms will remain closed in Bordeaux because of the coronavirus epidemic

Coronavirus in Bordeaux: Yoga Rooms Will Remain Closed

The yoga and pilates halls in the region have not obtained the cancellation of the prefectural decree which forced the sports halls to close for health reasons Thirty rooms in Gironde had filed an appeal with the administrative court to continue their activity in times of Covid-19, it was rejected on Wednesday. The judge considered […]

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Wearing a mask becomes compulsory in two streets of the city of Bordeaux

Covid-19: In Bordeaux, Wearing a Mask is Compulsory Outside in Two Streets of the City

From this Saturday 15th August 2020, wearing a mask will be compulsory outdoors in Bordeaux (Gironde), in the two busiest axes of the city. During a press conference, this Wednesday 12th August 2020, in the presence of Pierre Hurmic, Hélène Junqua deputy director of the Regional Health Agency of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and the deputy prefect Martin Guespereau, the Mayor of Bordeaux announced the […]

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Despite the treatment of coronavirus patients from other regions, the number of cases in the intensive care units of Nouvelle-Aquitaine is decreasing

Coronavirus in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: The Number of People in Intensive Care Continues to Drop

COVID-19: Despite the treatment of patients from other regions, the number of coronavirus cases in the intensive care units of Nouvelle-Aquitaine is decreasing Despite new patients arriving from the Paris region on Friday, the number of resuscitation cases in New Aquitaine hospitals continues to decline. Public Health of France identified 257 people in intensive care or intensive care in hospitals in […]

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Patients carrying Covid-19 must arrive at Saint-Jean station in Bordeaux, to be hospitalized in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

48 Coronavirus Patients from Greater Paris are Evacuated to Nouvelle-Aquitaine, including 12 at the Bordeaux University Hospital

This Friday 10th April 2020, a medical TGV must transport 48 patients suffering from coronavirus from Île de France to hospitals in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. This Friday, a medical TGV must transport 48 patients with Coronavirus Covid-19 from the Ile-de-France. They will be taken care of in different hospitals in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. 🏥 Depuis le Centre Hospitalier #RenéDubos de #CergyPontoise95 @GhtNovo transfert 🚑🚔 de 4 […]

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Overflows are expected Tuesday morning in Bordeaux (Gironde)

Gironde Placed on Orange Alert for Risks of Floods

The municipalities of the Garonne-Dordogne confluence have been on orange alert since Monday 9th March 2020. In Bordeaux (Gironde), overflows are expected Tuesday morning. This Monday, March 9, 2020, the Gironde-Adour-Dordogne flood forecasting service placed all of the municipalities of the Garonne-Dordogne confluence in orange vigilance, the Prefecture announced today. Strong tides The triggering of vigilance is linked to a period of very strong tides, […]

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