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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...wo-weeks-as-city-moves-to-maximum-covid-alert
Paris bars to close as Covid infections rise among young people
French capital on ‘maximum alert’ with restrictions on public gatherings
Kim Willsher in Paris
Mon 5 Oct 2020 12.45 BST
First published on Mon 5 Oct 2020 05.38 BST
Bars in the Paris region have been ordered to close from Tuesday after health authorities reported a sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 infections among the 20-30 age group.
Restaurants in and around the French capital have been given a reprieve and told they can stay open on condition that they enforce new, stricter health safety regulations. This will involve taking the name and telephone number of diners, allowing a maximum of six people per group and providing hand gel on each table.
The city’s police chief said this applied only to establishments “whose main activity is serving food”.
Cinemas, theatres and museums will continue to open but sports and fitness clubs will remain closed. Swimming pools and sports halls will be closed to adults but not to minors.
The Paris police prefect, Didier Lallement, told a press conference: “This morning we enter a new phase. We are adapting all the time to the development of the virus. These measures are aimed at slowing the spread of the virus because it is spreading too quickly.”
Lallement said the measures he had decided upon were a fine “balance between the preservation of the health of our compatriots and the continuation of economic and social life”...
Paris bars to close as Covid infections rise among young people
French capital on ‘maximum alert’ with restrictions on public gatherings
Kim Willsher in Paris
Mon 5 Oct 2020 12.45 BST
First published on Mon 5 Oct 2020 05.38 BST
Bars in the Paris region have been ordered to close from Tuesday after health authorities reported a sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 infections among the 20-30 age group.
Restaurants in and around the French capital have been given a reprieve and told they can stay open on condition that they enforce new, stricter health safety regulations. This will involve taking the name and telephone number of diners, allowing a maximum of six people per group and providing hand gel on each table.
The city’s police chief said this applied only to establishments “whose main activity is serving food”.
Cinemas, theatres and museums will continue to open but sports and fitness clubs will remain closed. Swimming pools and sports halls will be closed to adults but not to minors.
The Paris police prefect, Didier Lallement, told a press conference: “This morning we enter a new phase. We are adapting all the time to the development of the virus. These measures are aimed at slowing the spread of the virus because it is spreading too quickly.”
Lallement said the measures he had decided upon were a fine “balance between the preservation of the health of our compatriots and the continuation of economic and social life”...