France will bring forward its night curfew by two hours to 6 pm and expanding it nationally as of Saturday and strengthening border controls as it tries to slow the spread of coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday .
A man pushes his bicycle along a row of closed restaurants in Montmartre, Paris, during a late curfew.France's COVID-19 death toll is edging towards 70,000, the seventh highest toll in the world.Big chunks of the country, including most of its regions that border Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy, already faced 6pm-to-6pm restrictions on movement.French Prime Minister Jean Castex, left, and French Health Minister Olivier Veran announce the extended national 12-hour curfew.
"We must do everything to prevent this variant from spreading in France," Health Minister Olivier Veran said. There are no curfews in Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, Sweden, Poland or the Netherlands, although the Dutch government is thinking about whether imposing one would slow new COVID-19 cases.
Not allowed out during the day but free movement at night. Wild
It’s a nationwide 6pm to 6am curfew in France.........please have copy editors check articles before publishing. Erroneous facts!
Allowed out all night!
Should the title be 6pm to 6am? 😂
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