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FRANCE will impose a 9 p.m. curfew on Paris and eight other cities in a bid to combat a “second wave” of coronavirus, it was announced tonight.
President Emmanuel Macron said the curfew will begin on Saturday and will be in effect for four weeks between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
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The strict state of emergency measure applied to Paris, Lille, Rouen, Saint-Etienne, Toulouse, Lyon, Grenoble, Aix-en-Provence, and Montpellier.
And the measure will affect around 18 million people.
All bars, restaurants, theaters and similar businesses will be forced to close at 9 pm sharp starting Saturday, but a full national closure is not expected.
“We are in a second wave,” Macron said in an interview on national television.
“We have to react.”
On Wednesday, France reported 22,591 new cases of coronavirus, the third time in six days that the daily count has exceeded the 20,000 threshold.
More than 32,000 people have died from the virus in France.
‘WORRYING SITUATION’
Macron said the country had not lost control of the virus, but added: “We are in a worrying situation.”
He said: “It is equally concerning in other European countries, such as Germany, which is also taking restrictive measures.”
“Spain and the Netherlands are also in a very worrying situation, and have taken very restrictive measures in recent days.”
People under curfew would have to forget about late-night visits to restaurants or friends’ houses, although essential travel would still be allowed during curfew, Macron said.
Anyone violating the curfews would also be fined 135 euros.
There will be no restrictions on public transportation and people will still be able to travel between regions without restrictions.
However, family gatherings should be limited to no more than six people.
A state of health emergency was previously declared in France in March in response to escalating infections when the first wave of Covid-19 hit.
Macron said this state of emergency will now be reintroduced, along with other stricter measures, starting Saturday.
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It followed the rise in the number of Covid-19 infections by 26,896 in 24 hours on Saturday, a record since widespread testing began.
Macron said the goal was to reduce the current rate from 20,000 new cases a day to around 3,000 and dramatically reduce the burden on intensive care units in hospitals.
“We will get through this,” the president said.
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