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Video Player Close People enjoy the sunshine in front of the Sacre Coeur Basilica atop the Montmartre in Paris, France, Feb. 24, 2021. (Xinhua/Gao Jing) The number of people who lost their lives to the coronavirus increased by 322 to reach 87,542, the seventh highest in the world. PARIS, March 3 (Xinhua) -- A total of 3,810,316 people in France have been diagnosed with COVID-19 after 26,788 positive cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours, the biggest daily increase since Feb. 24, official figures showed on Wednesday. The number of people who lost their lives to the coronavirus increased by 322 to reach 87,542, the seventh highest in the world. The number of hospitalized patients fell by 152 within a day to 25,111, while the number of serious cases rose again by 51 to 3,637, taking up 70 percent of the country's 5,100 resuscitation beds. These data marked "not an exponential rise but a continuous and worrying increase," government spokesperson Gabriel Attal ... » Learn More about COVID-19 infections rise again in France as gov’t mulls easing rules from mid-April

Hollywood’s award season kicks off Sunday at a very different Golden Globes, with a mainly virtual ceremony set to boost or dash the Oscars hopes of early frontrunners like “ Nomadland ” and “ The Trial of the Chicago 7 .” Usually a star-packed, laid-back party that draws Tinseltown’s biggest names to a Beverly Hills hotel ballroom, this pandemic edition will be broadcast from two scaled-down venues, with frontline and essential workers among the few in attendance. Deprived of its usual glamour, the Globes — which also honour the best in television — remain a coveted prize, and a high-profile source of momentum in the run-up to the season-crowning Oscars, which were pushed back this year to April. “ Nomadland ,” Chloe Zhao’s paean to a marginalized, older generation of Americans roaming the West in rundown vans, has long been viewed as a frontrunner for the Globes’ top prize. But it will face stiff competition from Aaron Sorkin’s “ Chicago 7 ,” a courtroom drama about ... » Learn More about Golden Globes to launch pandemic-era Hollywood awards season

Video Player Close SANTIAGO, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Chile's government on Wednesday again urged the public to protect themselves to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease, one year after the South American country detected its first case of the coronavirus. "The pandemic continues and we must maintain self-care measures," Health Minister Enrique Paris warned at a press conference, urging continued social distancing and hand-washing. He added that thanks to joint efforts Chile has the vaccines it needs to immunize the entire population. Chile reported 3,053 new daily cases of COVID-19 infection, raising the total caseload to 835,552, and 20 more single-day deaths, raising the total number of confirmed fatalities from the disease to 20,704. "We have not returned to normal and will not return to normal by June 30," said Paris, referring to the date by which 80 percent of the population is expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the government. ... » Learn More about Chilean gov’t reiterates sanitary measures one year after COVID-19 breakout