France closes for the second time: the country announces the introduction of quarantine



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The president said that under the latest restrictions, people will be allowed to leave home only starting Friday for essential work or medical reasons.

Restaurants, bars and other non-essential businesses will be closed.

33,000 were confirmed in France on Tuesday. new cases per day.

The news portal tv3.lt recalls that Germany also announced a partial quarantine in the country on Wednesday night. In the country, the measures will be somewhat more lenient.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Wednesday that, along with country officials, they had agreed to close restaurants, bars, cinemas, theaters and other entertainment establishments for four weeks to curb the rapid spread of the coronavirus.

Merkel and the Heads of Government of the 16 Länder responsible for tightening or softening the agreed measures on partial quarantine during a meeting in videoconference format. The restrictions are expected to go into effect Monday and last until the end of November.

“We need to act now to avoid a deep national health crisis,” Merkel warned.

However, schools and stores will continue to operate, unlike the previous quarantine introduced during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in March and April. Caterers will also be able to serve take away food to customers.

The chancellor urged people to avoid unnecessary travel and said hotels could not accommodate tourists.



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