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.
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
