France starts 6 pm curfew to slow Covid-19 | Malay Mail

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PARIS, Jan 16 — People across France started heading home late this afternoon to meet a new, 6 pm curfew intended to help stem the spread of coronavirus infections, especially a more infectious variant. The virus has killed 70,000 people in France, the seventh highest toll in the world, and the...

A French flag flutters in the sky over the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, December 10, 2018. — Reuters pic

The virus has killed 70,000 people in France, the seventh highest toll in the world, and the government is particularly worried by the more transmissible variant first detected in Britain, which now accounts for about 1 per cent of new cases. “These measures were necessary given the situation. While worsening, it remains relatively better than many countries around us, but I took them because the context, notably with the evolution of the virus, means we have to have utmost vigilance,” Prime Minister Jean Castex said in a speech.

 

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