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49-584: The Abeille had been preceded by a short-lived, simplified, "agricultural" version of the Vedette which was presented at the October 1951 Paris Salon . The Abeille, which was first shown in June 1952, had a payload of 500 kg (1,102 lb). the Vedette's 2.1-liter V8 engine was fitted with a different intake manifold and carburetor, lowering power but increasing fuel economy and longevity, as well as allowing for

98-512: A Chinese tourist whose infection was confirmed upon her return to China was confirmed positive for COVID-19. The same day, Air France suspended all flights to mainland China, except for a single daily flight to Beijing and Shanghai. On 31 January 2020, Marie Fontanel, the President counselor for solidarity and health, quit her job to help her husband in the coming municipal elections. She would be replaced only one month later. The same day, all

147-563: A classic post-war automobile produced between 1945 and 1975 is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Paris Motor Show The Paris Motor Show ( French : Mondial de l'Automobile ) is a biennial auto show in Paris. Held during October, it is one of the most important auto shows, often with many new production automobile and concept car debuts. The show presently takes place in Paris expo Porte de Versailles . The Mondial

196-521: A fourth case which was discovered later, underwent quarantine at the hospital. The last remaining British national was discharged six days later. In late February 2020, multiple cases appeared in France, notably within three new clusters, in Oise , Haute-Savoie , and Morbihan . On 25 February 2020, a French teacher from Crépy-en-Valois died; on the same day, a Chinese man who had returned from China

245-706: A holiday camp in Carry-le-Rouet . A second wave of repatriation took place on 2 February 2020 when 65 evacuated French nationals on board a chartered Airbus A380 -800 Hi Fly Malta landed at the Istres air base. A third repatriation of 38 French occurred on 8 February 2020 under the auspices of the British government. On 21 February 2020, a further thirty French people who had been staying in Wuhan were repatriated to France and placed in quarantine at Branville , in

294-585: A lower tax rating of 12CV . For the abbreviated 1954 model year, the Abeille was updated and received the same grille as the regular Vedette, while the B-post was removed for a larger side opening. Produced by Ford’s French subsidiary based on their earlier Vedette sedan which was itself an abandoned US project to make a cheap post-war car. It ended production after Ford decided to abandon its French factory in 1954 and sold it to Simca . This article about

343-453: A man had been infected with COVID-19 on 27 December 2019, almost a month before France reported its first case. The patient had not travelled abroad which sparked fears that the coronavirus might have been spreading in Europe earlier than leaders had thought. On 11 May 2020, as daily cases had dropped to under 100 per day, primary schools and some middle schools were allowed to reopen in what

392-479: A record number of new infections in a 24-hour period in Europe with 26,896 recorded. The increase caused France to enter a second nationwide lockdown on 28 October 2020. On 15 October 2020, police raided the homes and offices of key government officials, including Véran and Philippe, in a criminal negligence probe opened by the Cour de Justice de la République . According to a team of French epidemiologists, under 5% of

441-633: A retired couple from Lot-et-Garonne and another person from Deux-Sèvres who had attended the same Mulhouse gathering were declared positive for the disease. Five new cases from this cluster were registered in Corsica, and three in Normandy. On 6 March 2020, with 81 cases that had been detected in the previous 24 hours in Mulhouse, the departmental prefect declared that the means were no longer sufficient to systematically screen all suspected cases; only

490-468: A televised address that all schools and universities across the country would be closed. On 13 March 2020, the Prime Minister, Édouard Philippe announced the closure of all pubs, restaurants , cinemas and nightclubs. On 16 March 2020 (one day after the first round of the municipal elections), Emmanuel Macron announced the beginning of a lockdown period from 17 March 2020 at noon. After

539-480: Is possible the sample was contaminated. His thoracic scan, taken in December 2019, was one of several suspicious scans identified by the hospital as being typical of COVID-19, the earliest of these suspicious scans having been on 16 November 2019. On 27 December 2019, a man was admitted to Avicenne Hospital and tested for influenza, which came back as negative. On 3 May 2020, Yves Cohen, head of resuscitation at

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588-705: Is scheduled by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles , which considers it a major international auto show. In 2016, the Paris Motor Show welcomed 1,253,513 visitors, making it the most visited auto show in the world, ahead of Tokyo and Frankfurt. The key figures of the show are: 125,000 m (1,350,000 sq ft) of exhibition, 8 pavilions, 260 brands from 18 countries, 65 world premieres, more than 10 000 test drives for electric and hybrid cars, more than 10 000 journalists from 103 countries. Until 1986, it

637-435: Is succeeded by Olivier Véran, a neurologist. The decision to press ahead with the election was justified as being critical to democratic life in the country, despite concerns about how a second round could be held as the toll of infections and deaths continued to rise. In the end, the turnout of registered voters was 40%, lower than achieved in 1971 – the previous record lowest turnout. A number of communes in various parts of

686-538: The COVID-19 pandemic 48°49′51″N 2°17′12″E  /  48.8308°N 2.2867°E  / 48.8308; 2.2867 COVID-19 pandemic in France The COVID-19 pandemic in France has resulted in 39,027,283 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 168,091 deaths. The virus was confirmed to have reached France on 24 January 2020, when the first COVID-19 case in both Europe and France

735-560: The Calvados . On 13 March 2020, twelve trainee gendarmes at the School of Gendarmerie of Tulle ( Corrèze ) saw their internship in Spain terminated, with them and their 20 companions repatriated. They had been confined from 10 March 2020 following the positive test results of two of their Spanish cohort. The first round of municipal elections in France took place on 15 March 2020 against

784-643: The Christian Open Door Church between 17 and 24 February 2020 in Mulhouse which was attended by about 2,500 people became a significant cluster in the spread of coronavirus in France. Alerted by a parishioner and by 18 family members who tested positive on 1 March, the pastor notified the health authorities. A man who lived alone in Nîmes – and who had driven back alone from Mulhouse and who otherwise had no close contacts – tested positive, and

833-544: The First World War motor shows were suspended, meaning that the show of October 1919 was only the 15th "Salon". There was again no Paris Motor Show in 1925, the venue having been booked instead for an Exhibition of Decorative Arts . In October 1926, the Motor Show returned, this being the 26th Paris Salon de l'Automobile . The outbreak of war again intervened in 1939 when the 33rd Salon de l'Automobile

882-672: The French Directeur général de la Santé , declared that "A mask shortage is not a subject". On 27 February 2020, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran announced that France had 38 cases of COVID-19 on its soil, with 20 new cases detected including a cluster in the Oise caused by close contacts with patients that were infected in Egypt. On 28 February 2020, one new case was confirmed, a 23-year-old fashion student from Nice who had recently returned from Milan . Landes confirmed

931-461: The absence of any attendance register, epidemiological follow-up subsequent to the discovery of attendees who tested positive was rendered impossible. Even President Emmanuel Macron had spent several hours electioneering on 18 February 2020 in the Bourtzwiller district close to the church. It was only on 2 March 2020 when the health authorities woke up to data that there was an outbreak all over

980-539: The announcement of the lockdown, the Fédération Française du Bâtiment decided to stop non-essential work because of the danger for construction workers . On 19 March 2020, Muriel Pénicaud , the French Minister of Labour , criticized this decision, saying that it showed a lack of civic spirit. On 20 March 2020, the President of the federation replied in an open letter that what the Minister said

1029-476: The attention of the WHO on 31 December 2019. On 21 January 2020, Agnès Buzyn , Minister of Solidarity and Health declared that "The risk of introduction into France is low but it cannot be excluded". On 2 December 2019, a man was admitted to Hôpital Albert Schweitzer ( Colmar ); on 7 May 2020, the director of the medical imagery department claimed that the man had been positive for COVID-19 in December 2019. It

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1078-409: The backdrop of the government decision to move to Stage III of measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Stringent restrictions on public life involving the closure of bars, restaurants and other businesses considered non-essential were set to begin the following day. Then-Health Minister, Agnès Buzyn, resigned on 16 February 2020 to run for the Paris mayor for La République En Marche! . She

1127-692: The countries of the Schengen Area , except France, suspended the issuing of visas in China. On 8 February 2020, then-Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn confirmed five new cases which originated from a group of people who were on a holiday in Les Contamines-Montjoie , Haute-Savoie. They contracted the infection from a British national who had attended a conference in Singapore a few days before. Another British national, who had stayed in

1176-658: The country linked to the religious meeting, by which time secondary infections had spread out of control. A Radio France investigation identified that one nurse who had attended the event was the origin of a subsequent cluster in Strasbourg at her workplace at the Strasbourg University Hospitals involving some 250 hospital colleagues. Five returnees from the Mulhouse rally were confirmed in French Guiana on 4 March 2020. On 5 March 2020,

1225-590: The country reported that despite the safety measures put in place by the government, some candidates and assessors had subsequently developed symptoms or tested positive for the virus. On 11 March 2020, the government named 11 prominent scientists to a committee to advise on scientific matters pertaining to the epidemic in France. On 17 March 2020, the Direction générale de la Santé (DGS) asked Santé publique France to buy urgently 1,1 million of FFP2 masks . On 12 March 2020, Emmanuel Macron announced in

1274-456: The first COVID-19 case in Europe was confirmed in Bordeaux . The patient, a 48-year-old French citizen from China, who arrived in France on 22 January 2020, was hospitalised at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux. He was placed in isolation, and the authorities tried to trace people who had been in contact with him. On the same day that Agnès Buzyn said that "The risks of propagation of

1323-519: The first case of COVID-19 in the region, a woman who tested positive at Centre Hospitalier de Mont-de-Marsan and underwent isolation. A religious week in Mulhouse that took place from 17 to 24 February 2020 was involved in the rapid spread of the virus to eastern France and beyond. Linked cases developed from early March in Orléans, Besançon, Saint-Lô, Belfort, Dijon, Mâcon, Agen, Briançon, Paris, Corsica, and French Guiana. The annual gathering of

1372-523: The flurry of reported cases locally on 2 March brought the existence of a Mulhouse cluster to light. On 3 March 2020, seven participants in the evangelical rally – including five members of a local family and a general practitioner from Bernwiller – had tested positive for the virus. Starting on the evening of 3 March 2020, the local helpline of the Emergency medical services recorded an unprecedented flood of distress calls, from people who had attended

1421-457: The gathering. According to an investigative report by Radio France, at least half of the attendees had contracted the virus; in an interview on France Info, the pastor of the church admitted that 2000 attendees may have been infected. It is said that no specific health advice existed in light of the threat at the time. The source of the initial infection has not been determined; furthermore, as different attendees were welcomed each day, and due to

1470-483: The government would seek to extend the health emergency period until 24 July 2020. Several mayors opposed the 11 May 2020 lifting of the lockdown, which had been announced by the president a few weeks earlier in a televised address to the nation, saying it was premature. Véran's bill was discussed in Senate on 4 May 2020. From August 2020, there was an increase in the rate of infection and on 10 October 2020, France set

1519-473: The hospital, said that following a retest of the man's December sample, it had come back positive for COVID-19. Cohen said it was too early to know if the man had been France's "patient zero". On 23 January 2020, the French Minister of Health 's office published an analysis of the situation, and on the same day Air France suspended its flights from and to Wuhan , and reduced the frequency of its flights from and to Beijing and Shanghai. On 24 January 2020,

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1568-493: The lockdown. However, there were still restrictions on social distancing. On 15 July 2020, Olivier Véran announced that from 24 July 2020, face coverings would be compulsory in all public indoor spaces and some outdoor public areas such as the Eiffel Tower . During August 2020, cases began to rise again. In the week ending 16 August 2020, more than 10,000 cases were reported during that week. On 28 August 2020, France set

1617-545: The modern buildings of the Parc des Expositions , on the south western edge of central Paris at the Porte de Versailles , where the show had been held since 1962. There was no "Salon de l'Automobile" in 1920 There was no "Salon de l'Automobile" in 1925 due to the venue having been allocated to an Exhibition of Decorative Arts No shows were held from 1939 until 1945 There was no "Salon de l'Automobile" in 2020 due to

1666-428: The most serious patients were to be hospitalised. The department of Haut-Rhin , in which Mulhouse is situated, imposed strict limits on the gatherings; all schools were closed henceforth. On 31 January 2020, approximately 220 French returnees from China landed at Istres-Le Tubé Air Base , aboard an Airbus A340 from Esterel 3/60 transport squadron stationed at Creil Air Base . These evacuees were quarantined in

1715-439: The population if necessary. On 28 January 2020, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist from Hubei tested positive and was hospitalised at Bichat–Claude Bernard Hospital. The following day, his 50-year-old daughter tested positive and was admitted to the same hospital. The death of the 80-year-old on 14 February 2020 marked the first death from COVID-19 outside of Asia. On 30 January 2020, a Paris doctor who had come into contact with

1764-435: The same chalet as the five other individuals at Les Contamines-Montjoie, tested positive for COVID-19. On 18 February 2020, Minister of Health, Olivier Véran – who replaced Agnès Buzyn after she stood down to run in the Paris mayoral election for La République En Marche! – announced that only four people remained infected in France. These four, all British nationals, three from the first group of Les Contamines-Montjoie and

1813-492: The suspension of school attendance, a ban on domestic travel and a nationwide curfew from 7pm-6am. In February 2022, it was reported that no tests are required to enter the country, and children under the age of 12 are free from vaccination requirements. The pandemic occurred following a series of national protests , which were followed by a strike against pension reform which had been proposed by President Emmanuel Macron in his election manifesto. The pension reform strike

1862-399: The total population of France, or around 2.8 million people, may have been infected with COVID-19. This was believed to have been nearly twice as high in the Île-de-France and Alsace regions . On 31 March 2021, Macron announced a third national lockdown which commenced on 3 April 2021 and which was mandated for all of April 2021; measures included the closure of non-essential shops,

1911-473: The virus in France are extremely low", two more cases were confirmed in Paris – a couple who had returned from China on 18 January 2020. The 31-year-old man and his 30-year-old partner, both from Wuhan, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and were hospitalised at Bichat–Claude Bernard Hospital in Paris. On 26 January 2020, Buzyn declared that the French government had millions of masks which could be distributed to

1960-498: Was "scandalous". After several days, an agreement allowing a few construction sites to reopen was signed. During early April 2020, the numbers of deaths from coronavirus increased dramatically, with more than 10,000 people dying during that period of time. The lockdown had initially been planned for 15 days, then for 30 days, but on 13 April 2020, Macron announced that the lockdown period would be extended until 11 May 2020. On 4 May 2020, scientists retesting old samples found that

2009-586: Was called the Salon de l'Automobile ; it took the name Mondial de l'Automobile in 1988 and Mondial Paris Motor Show in 2018. The show was held annually until 1976; since which time, it has been held biennially. The show was the first motor show in the world, started in 1898 by industry pioneer, Jules-Albert de Dion . After 1910, it was held at the Grand Palais in the Champs-Élysées . During

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2058-424: Was cancelled at short notice. Normality of a sorts returned some six years later and the 33rd "Salon" finally opened in October 1946. In January 1977, it was announced that no Paris Motor Show would take place that year, because of the "current economic situation": at the same time the organisers confirmed that a 1978 Auto Salon for Paris was planned. The 65th Salon de Paris duly opened on 15 October 1978 in

2107-570: Was confirmed as a carrier of SARS-CoV-2, but showed signs of recent recovery. A 64-year-old man from La Balme-de-Sillingy , who returned from a trip to Lombardy on 15 February, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and was treated in Centre Hospitalier Annecy-Genevois, Épagny-Metz-Tessy . His wife also tested positive and was admitted to the same hospital as her husband. On 26 February 2020, a 36-year-old man, who had made multiple trips to Lombardy , tested positive and

2156-421: Was identified in Bordeaux . The first five confirmed cases were all individuals who had recently arrived from China. A Chinese tourist who was admitted to hospital in Paris on 28 January 2020, died on 14 February 2020, becoming the first known COVID-19 fatality outside Asia as well as the first in France. A key event in the spread of the disease across metropolitan France as well as its overseas territories

2205-572: Was the annual assembly of the Christian Open Door Church between 17 and 24 February 2020 in Mulhouse which was attended by about 2,500 people, at least half of whom are believed to have contracted the virus. On 4 May 2020, retroactive testing of samples in one French hospital showed that a patient was probably already infected with the virus on 27 December 2019, almost a month before the first officially confirmed case. The first lockdown period began on 17 March 2020 and ended on 11 May 2020. On 2 May 2020, Health Minister Olivier Véran announced that

2254-533: Was the first steps to reopening the economy . On 28 May 2020, Édouard Philippe announced that a travel ban of 100 km (62 miles) would be lifted on 2 June 2020. Cafes, bars and restaurants were also allowed to reopen on the same day. This easing of restrictions did not apply to Paris. On 14 June 2020, Cafes, Restaurants and Pubs were allowed to reopen in Paris. On 22 June 2020, Cinemas, holiday centres, sports halls for group sports, all crèches, schools, and collèges (middle school) were allowed to reopen in what

2303-555: Was the longest strike in modern French history. In President Emmanuel Macron's second address to the nation on the pandemic on 16 March 2020, he announced the suspension of all reforms, notably those of pensions. On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan , Hubei, China, who had initially come to

2352-482: Was the third stage of reopening the economy. On 1 July 2020, France reopened its borders with non-European Union countries. On 3 July 2020, Philippe resigned as Prime Minister and was replaced by Jean Castex . Castex had previously been appointed coordinator of the phasing out of the lockdown (confinement) implemented in France. On 10 July 2020, the State of Health Emergency in France came to an end, essentially ending

2401-544: Was treated in Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg . A 60-year-old French teacher from Oise was first admitted to Creil Hospital, then transferred to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital , Paris, where he died a few hours later. A 55-year-old man from Oise was admitted to the intensive care unit at CHU Amiens-Picardie, Amiens . The same day, during an audition by the French Senate , Jérôme Salomon ,

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