France announced that Paris will enter a four-week lockdown along with northern parts of the county this week following the rampant spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants within the region.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex said that France is experiencing its third wave of COVID-19 cases, with the variant discovered in Britain accounting for nearly 75 percent of the new cases. The coronavirus infection rate in Paris has surpassed 400 infections in every 100,000 inhabitants, according to Reuters.
“The epidemic is getting worse. Our responsibility now is to not let it escape our control,” Castex said at a press conference, the outlet reported.
The lockdown will begin on Friday at midnight in France’s hardest-hit areas, Reuters reported. Barbers, furniture stores and clothing stores will be required to close, while schools, bookstores and essential goods stores will reportedly be allowed to remain open.
French citizens will also be allowed to exercise outside, but unable to travel from areas with the highest rates of COVID-19 infection, Reuters noted.
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