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France building military field hospitals as world intensifies battle against coronavirus

France building military field hospitals as world intensifies battle against coronavirus
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France is building military field hospitals as the world intensifies its battle against coronavirus with deaths hitting 13,274 and cases soaring above 300,000.

Soldiers were pictured setting up medical centres in Mulhouse, which along with Alsace, is France’s worst-hit region.

Shoppers in Dubai are now greeted with ‘stay safe’ markings in supermarkets to encourage social distancing in the hope of stopping people from contracting Covid-19 from people nearby. 

It comes as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanded Britons stay six feet apart when they go outside following appalling scenes earlier today of crowds hitting tourist destinations for Mother’s Day. 

French soldiers install beds at the military field hospital at The Emile Muller Hospital in Mulhouse, eastern France, on March 22, 2020, on the fifth day of a strict lockdown

French soldiers install beds at the military field hospital at The Emile Muller Hospital in Mulhouse, eastern France, on March 22, 2020, on the fifth day of a strict lockdown

French soldiers install beds at the military field hospital at The Emile Muller Hospital in Mulhouse, eastern France, on March 22, 2020, on the fifth day of a strict lockdown

Pictured: French soldiers in Mulhuse wearing protective masks set up tents as part of a field hospital to cope with a surge in COVID-19 cases on Sunday. Mulhouse and the region of Alsace have been hit especially hard by the coronavirus and authorities are struggling to expand hospital capacity to cope with the pandemic

Pictured: French soldiers in Mulhuse wearing protective masks set up tents as part of a field hospital to cope with a surge in COVID-19 cases on Sunday. Mulhouse and the region of Alsace have been hit especially hard by the coronavirus and authorities are struggling to expand hospital capacity to cope with the pandemic

Pictured: French soldiers in Mulhuse wearing protective masks set up tents as part of a field hospital to cope with a surge in COVID-19 cases on Sunday. Mulhouse and the region of Alsace have been hit especially hard by the coronavirus and authorities are struggling to expand hospital capacity to cope with the pandemic

Pictured: French soldiers set up a military field hospital at the Emile Muller Hospital in Mulhouse aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus

Pictured: French soldiers set up a military field hospital at the Emile Muller Hospital in Mulhouse aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus

Pictured: French soldiers set up a military field hospital at the Emile Muller Hospital in Mulhouse aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus

Pictured: An outside view of a field hospital in front of Emile Muller hospital built to cope with a surge in COVID-19 cases on March 22, 2020 in Mulhouse, France

Pictured: An outside view of a field hospital in front of Emile Muller hospital built to cope with a surge in COVID-19 cases on March 22, 2020 in Mulhouse, France

Pictured: An outside view of a field hospital in front of Emile Muller hospital built to cope with a surge in COVID-19 cases on March 22, 2020 in Mulhouse, France

Soldiers in Mulhouse, France, are pictured donning face masks as they set up military field hospitals to cope with the coronavirus outbreak. Service personnel are being drafted in across the world as countries battle the Covid-19 pandemic, which began in Wuhan, China

Soldiers in Mulhouse, France, are pictured donning face masks as they set up military field hospitals to cope with the coronavirus outbreak. Service personnel are being drafted in across the world as countries battle the Covid-19 pandemic, which began in Wuhan, China

Soldiers in Mulhouse, France, are pictured donning face masks as they set up military field hospitals to cope with the coronavirus outbreak. Service personnel are being drafted in across the world as countries battle the Covid-19 pandemic, which began in Wuhan, China 

Pictured: French soldiers wearing protective masks arrive for setting up tents as part of a field hospital to cope with a surge in COVID-19 cases on March 22 in Mulhouse, France, as the military are forced to set up medical centres while the world battles the coronavirus pandemic

Pictured: French soldiers wearing protective masks arrive for setting up tents as part of a field hospital to cope with a surge in COVID-19 cases on March 22 in Mulhouse, France, as the military are forced to set up medical centres while the world battles the coronavirus pandemic

Pictured: French soldiers wearing protective masks arrive for setting up tents as part of a field hospital to cope with a surge in COVID-19 cases on March 22 in Mulhouse, France, as the military are forced to set up medical centres while the world battles the coronavirus pandemic 

Pictured: Distance stickers reading 'stay safe' placed along aisles at a supermarket in Dubai, marking safe distances for shoppers to facilitate 'social distancing' methods as part of safety measures during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic

Pictured: Distance stickers reading 'stay safe' placed along aisles at a supermarket in Dubai, marking safe distances for shoppers to facilitate 'social distancing' methods as part of safety measures during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic

Pictured: Distance stickers reading ‘stay safe’ placed along aisles at a supermarket in Dubai, marking safe distances for shoppers to facilitate ‘social distancing’ methods as part of safety measures during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic

Pictured: Ukrainians wearing protective masks that resemble those worn by doctors at the time of the Black Death in Lviv, Ukraine, 22 March 2020. The face gear is being donned while the world continues to battle the coronovirus pandemic

Pictured: Ukrainians wearing protective masks that resemble those worn by doctors at the time of the Black Death in Lviv, Ukraine, 22 March 2020. The face gear is being donned while the world continues to battle the coronovirus pandemic

Pictured: Ukrainians wearing protective masks that resemble those worn by doctors at the time of the Black Death in Lviv, Ukraine, 22 March 2020. The face gear is being donned while the world continues to battle the coronovirus pandemic

Pictured: A woman wearing a protective mask is seen behind a girl dressed in a mark resembling thos worn by doctors who dealt with the Black Death in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Ukrainian Designer Anastasia Markovska sewed the protective masks, a traditional costume of Venice Carnival, for herself and her friends due to the ongoing pandemic

Pictured: A woman wearing a protective mask is seen behind a girl dressed in a mark resembling thos worn by doctors who dealt with the Black Death in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Ukrainian Designer Anastasia Markovska sewed the protective masks, a traditional costume of Venice Carnival, for herself and her friends due to the ongoing pandemic

Pictured: A woman wearing a protective mask is seen behind a girl dressed in a mark resembling thos worn by doctors who dealt with the Black Death in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Ukrainian Designer Anastasia Markovska sewed the protective masks, a traditional costume of Venice Carnival, for herself and her friends due to the ongoing pandemic

Pictured: A Moroccan health ministry worker disinfects a man walking a dog and carrying a mat in the capital Rabat amid a state of emergency designed to combat coronavirus as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the world

Pictured: A Moroccan health ministry worker disinfects a man walking a dog and carrying a mat in the capital Rabat amid a state of emergency designed to combat coronavirus as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the world

Pictured: A Moroccan health ministry worker disinfects a man walking a dog and carrying a mat in the capital Rabat amid a state of emergency designed to combat coronavirus as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the world 

Pictured: Moroccan military armoured personnel carriers (APC) patrol a street, instructing people to remain at home, in the capital Rabat on March 22. A public health state of emergency went into effect in the Muslim-majority country late on March 20, and security forces and the army have been deployed on the streets to combat the spread of COVID-19

Pictured: Moroccan military armoured personnel carriers (APC) patrol a street, instructing people to remain at home, in the capital Rabat on March 22. A public health state of emergency went into effect in the Muslim-majority country late on March 20, and security forces and the army have been deployed on the streets to combat the spread of COVID-19

Pictured: Moroccan military armoured personnel carriers (APC) patrol a street, instructing people to remain at home, in the capital Rabat on March 22. A public health state of emergency went into effect in the Muslim-majority country late on March 20, and security forces and the army have been deployed on the streets to combat the spread of COVID-19

Pictured: Firefighters carry a person on a stretcher after an earthquake in Zagreb, Croatia, Sunday. A strong earthquake shook Croatia and its capital on Sunday, causing widespread damage and panic while the country also battles the Covid-19 outbreak that began in Wuhan, China

Pictured: Firefighters carry a person on a stretcher after an earthquake in Zagreb, Croatia, Sunday. A strong earthquake shook Croatia and its capital on Sunday, causing widespread damage and panic while the country also battles the Covid-19 outbreak that began in Wuhan, China

Pictured: Firefighters carry a person on a stretcher after an earthquake in Zagreb, Croatia, Sunday. A strong earthquake shook Croatia and its capital on Sunday, causing widespread damage and panic while the country also battles the Covid-19 outbreak that began in Wuhan, China 

Pictured: Croatian Health minister Vili Beros (L), Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic (C) and Croatian President Zoran Milanovic (R) pass by Croatian soldiers who are helping to remove the rubbles of destroyed building in downtown Zagreb after an earthquake hit

Pictured: Croatian Health minister Vili Beros (L), Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic (C) and Croatian President Zoran Milanovic (R) pass by Croatian soldiers who are helping to remove the rubbles of destroyed building in downtown Zagreb after an earthquake hit

Pictured: Croatian Health minister Vili Beros (L), Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic (C) and Croatian President Zoran Milanovic (R) pass by Croatian soldiers who are helping to remove the rubbles of destroyed building in downtown Zagreb after an earthquake hit

Medical staff and volunteers evacuate a maternity hospital in Zagreb, on Sunday, after an earthquake hit the country at 5am leaving the city with electricity and outages as the coronavirus pandemic continues

Medical staff and volunteers evacuate a maternity hospital in Zagreb, on Sunday, after an earthquake hit the country at 5am leaving the city with electricity and outages as the coronavirus pandemic continues

Medical staff and volunteers evacuate a maternity hospital in Zagreb, on Sunday, after an earthquake hit the country at 5am leaving the city with electricity and outages as the coronavirus pandemic continues 

Pictured: Residents isolating in Anderlecht, Belgium, toast one another with an aperitif as the Government imposes a lockdown to fight the coronavirus outbreak in a bid to slow down the spread of Covid-19

Pictured: Residents isolating in Anderlecht, Belgium, toast one another with an aperitif as the Government imposes a lockdown to fight the coronavirus outbreak in a bid to slow down the spread of Covid-19

Pictured: Residents isolating in Anderlecht, Belgium, toast one another with an aperitif as the Government imposes a lockdown to fight the coronavirus outbreak in a bid to slow down the spread of Covid-19 

Meanwhile, in Lviv, Ukraine, masks resembling the bird beaks worn by doctors during the Black Death were donned in a bid to halt the spread of the virus. 

Tanks lined the streets of Rabat, Morocco, where an emergency health worker was seen disinfecting a man and his dog by spraying them in public. 

There were devastating scenes in Zagreb, Croatia, where doctors fighting the pandemic were forced to flee with patients from a hospital as an earthquake hit early this morning.

Medics and patients rushed from a health centre and through devastated roads covered in rubble as firefighters stretchered the injured to safety. 

Residents living through lockdown in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain, applauded medics from their homes as health workers were seen reacting to their praise in the streets.  

It follows Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez saying ‘the worst is yet to come’ as he warned the country will experience a major peak in the coming week and warned residents to be prepared ‘for very hard days ahead’. 

Pictured: Members of the Catalan regional police force Mossos d'Esquadra, local police officers and other security forces gather outside the Bellvitge hospital near Barcelona to applaud and cheer the healthcare workers

Pictured: Members of the Catalan regional police force Mossos d'Esquadra, local police officers and other security forces gather outside the Bellvitge hospital near Barcelona to applaud and cheer the healthcare workers

Pictured: Members of the Catalan regional police force Mossos d’Esquadra, local police officers and other security forces gather outside the Bellvitge hospital near Barcelona to applaud and cheer the healthcare workers

Pictured: Medical workers in Madrid, Spain, react as residents applaud them from their homes for their service during the coronavirus outbreak

Pictured: Medical workers in Madrid, Spain, react as residents applaud them from their homes for their service during the coronavirus outbreak

Pictured: Medical workers in Madrid, Spain, react as residents applaud them from their homes for their service during the coronavirus outbreak 

Medical workers are pictured in Madrid, Spain, reacting to applause from homes in the capital where people thanked them for their efforts during the lockdown

Medical workers are pictured in Madrid, Spain, reacting to applause from homes in the capital where people thanked them for their efforts during the lockdown

Medical workers are pictured in Madrid, Spain, reacting to applause from homes in the capital where people thanked them for their efforts during the lockdown 

Source : Mail Online | NewsColony: World News

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