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Paris and other French cities will be subject to a nightly curfew starting Saturday to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday.
The 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew will also apply to Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Grenoble, Montpellier, Toulouse, Saint Etienne, Lille and Lyon, he said.
It is effective from midnight on Friday to Saturday.
“The goal is to reduce private contacts, which are the most dangerous contacts,” Macron said.
Violating the night curfew will carry a fine of 135 euros (about $ 160) for the first offense, and 1,500 euros ($ 1,760) if the offense is repeated, he said.
Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled the names of two French cities that will be affected by the curfew. The cities are Aix-en-Provence and Marseille.
