Decathlon France has blocked online sales of its "Easybreath" snorkelling masks so it can offer 30,000 of them to hospitals that want to turn them into makeshift ventilators. The Easybreath is a full face facial mask from the Decathlon brand, usually used for snorkelling. This model is of interest to…
French media are accusing the United States of having "diverted" masks from China destined for France by buying them up "in cash" right off the runway. French media quote French politician and former MEP Renaud Muselier, 60, who in charge of securing some medical supplies for the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region…
A top German virologist has claimed drinking whisky can protect against COVID-19 infection. Dr Juergen Rissland, who is the head doctor at the Institute for Virology at Saarland University Hospital in Germany appeared on a programme broadcast on Sudwestrundfunk (SWR) in the south of the country. He was speaking on…
Brazil’s president has claimed he is not following directives from the World Health Organisation because they promote “masturbation” for children under the age of four. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, 65, who has been widely criticised for his criticism of social isolation as a means to stop the spread of COVID-19,…
One of France’s leading health experts has vowed that the country will not see a “second wave” of COVID-19. Professor Didier Raoult, one of the most mediatised doctors in France since the beginning of the health crisis, discussed the country’s current lockdown measures and the possibility of a second wave…
