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COVID-19: Paris among 16 French regions set to go into lockdown for a month from midnight tomorrow

 France has tried to avoid imposing more lockdowns, but has been forced to change direction with tens of thousands of cases a day.

 

 

Paris is among 16 regions of France facing new lockdowns from midnight tomorrow, the country's prime minister Jean Castex has announced.

The measures will be in place for at least four weeks and will be less restrictive than those last March and November

 

 Schools will remain open and outdoor activities will be allowed to go ahead within a 10km radius of a person's home.

 

 

Non-essential shops, not including book shops, will be required to close.

Inter-regional travel will be prohibited, and the nationwide nightly curfew will be moved back an hour to 7pm local time (6pm GMT).

 

 French authorities have gone to great lengths to avoid re-imposing the strictest measures, having previously relied on weekend lockdowns and nightly curfews instead

 

 

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-paris-among-16-french-regions-set-to-go-into-lockdown-for-a-month-from-midnight-tomorrow-12249976