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The restrictions, which the French authorities do not want to call a closure, will apply for a month in various regions from north to south.
21 million inhabitants are covered by the new measures.
Unnecessary activities are forced to close and a travel ban is introduced for the Paris region, which has meant that many have already left the area for other places where restrictions are not as strict.
Trains from Paris, one of the country’s most infected areas, to Brittany and southwestern France, among others, were full on Thursday, AFP reports.
Macron: not a closure
However, the country’s schools are kept open and outdoor training activities, but no more than ten kilometers from the house, remain allowed.
– We want to slow down the virus without shutting down. It should not be closed. Strictly speaking, the word “blockade” is not fair, President Emanuel Macron said on Friday, writes AFP.
At the same time, the president has made it clear that the new restrictions can, if necessary, be expanded to include more regions of the country depending on the state of contagion.
