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President Emmanuel Macron meets with France’s health council on Tuesday to consider whether to reimpose lockdown restrictions for a third time amid concern over a rise in Covid-19 cases.
France eased restrictions imposed during a second lockdown on December 15 but the average number of daily coronavirus cases has not fallen below a key 5,000 threshold set by the government. Although the number of new infections appeared to have fallen over the Christmas holidays – only 2,960 new coronavirus infections were reported on Monday, down from 8,822 on Sunday and 3,093 on Saturday – officials fear the figures are misleading. Many of the country’s testing facilities closed over the holidays and the drop could simply be due to fewer people getting tested.
France has remained under a strict 8pm-6am curfew, with Christmas Eve being the only exception. Although shops reopened in mid-December to help boost the ailing French economy, dine-in service at restaurants and caf?s is suspended and cultural venues such as cinemas and theatres remain closed in a bid to stop the virus from spreading further.
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France eased restrictions imposed during a second lockdown on December 15 but the average number of daily coronavirus cases has not fallen below a key 5,000 threshold set by the government. Although the number of new infections appeared to have fallen over the Christmas holidays – only 2,960 new coronavirus infections were reported on Monday, down from 8,822 on Sunday and 3,093 on Saturday – officials fear the figures are misleading. Many of the country’s testing facilities closed over the holidays and the drop could simply be due to fewer people getting tested.
France has remained under a strict 8pm-6am curfew, with Christmas Eve being the only exception. Although shops reopened in mid-December to help boost the ailing French economy, dine-in service at restaurants and caf?s is suspended and cultural venues such as cinemas and theatres remain closed in a bid to stop the virus from spreading further.
more...
https://www.france24.com/en/france/...onal-lockdown-if-covid-cases-continue-to-rise