Thousands of Parisians flee the city due to quarantine

Tens of thousands of Parisians staged huge traffic jams at night in an attempt to get out of the capital before the country’s quarantine.

In Paris, tens of thousands of residents are leaving the city ahead of a new nationwide quarantine, which came into effect at midnight on October 30. The Daily Mail reports.

On the eve of the announcement of the closure, Parisians were emptying supermarkets and lining up at hair salons.

According to the French Minister of Health, up to one million people in the country can become ill with COVID-19.

It was previously reported that in France, on the eve of 47,637 new cases of coronavirus being registered, the rate of positive tests reached 19.4%.

France was also reported to have declared the maximum level of terrorist threat. This was stated by Prime Minister Jean Casteks.

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