‘I cry every day’: Virus hits French nursing homes anew

PARIS (AP) — Virus pressure is mounting at French nursing homes where more than 400 people with COVID-19 have died in the past week. Some residents are again being confined to their rooms and cut off from their families. France’s health minister said Friday that the government is sending 1.6 million rapid virus tests to care homes across the country to allow them to test personnel. It’s part of efforts to avoid mass new confinement of nursing home residents after the anguish th