Sun, 8 November 2009
Some 450 pre-Columbian pieces in Quai Branly museum.
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Basil Howitt on criminal investigations in the coastal resorts.
Useful information on renting accommodation in Paris.
Relocating can have a big impact on your relationship.
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The world is facing a flu pandemic. The World Health Organisation raised the level of alert to phase 6, the highest phase. What does that mean?In general people returning from foreign countries, who develop a fever of at least 38.5 degrees within four days, should contact their doctor immediately, so that the flu variant can be diagnosed quickly.
This is the first time in 41 years that alarm phase 6 has been reached. The last flu pandemic was during the Hong Kong flu outbreak in 1968, in which around a million people died. Mexican flu is considered to be a much milder virus.
There's still a lot of uncertainty about the new flu variant that has appeared in Mexico. But people still want to know what precisely is happening and what can be done about it. Here's a selection of FAQs (frequently asked questions), and the answers.
1. What is swine flu?
Mexican flu would be a better name for this disease. The new virus is a mixture of influenza viruses from birds, pigs and humans. As a species, pigs constitute a big reserve of flu viruses. Because pigs are genetically very similar to humans, viruses are often exchanged between these two mammals. Now that the virus has spread from human-to-human, it is a “human virus”. The virus that caused the Spanish flu epidemic around the end of the First World War originated in birds and spread to humans via a swine variant. Strangely enough, the current 'swine flu virus' only affects humans.
Our expert Steven Grover delves into the murky waters of French healthcare for expats and asks how recent changes affect them?
Tax and estate planning figure prominently in the list of priorities of many financially secure expatriate residents of France.
From Gaelic clubs to Canadian Alumni organisations, there is bound to be an English-speaking club for you in France.
This is what you need to consider when making an early choice between purchasing or renting accommodation in France.
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