Weekend lockdown in Paris would be 'inhumane', says mayor

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The mayor of Paris has described as “inhumane” plans to force the city into weekend lockdowns to combat the continuing spread of Covid-19.

Anne Hidalgo has vehemently opposed government plans to shut down the city and its suburbs at the end of the week, saying its residents, most of whom live in apartments with no outside space, “need a horizon” and have to be able to escape to outside spaces such as parks, gardens and riverside areas.

“These places are vital for us to breathe in our city,” she added stressing that it was safer for Parisians to be outside rather than cooped up inside flats and offices.

The idea of a weekend lockdown was “a proposal that is difficult, hard and even inhumane”, she added. ..............(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/02/weekend-lockdown-paris-inhumane-mayor-anne-hidalgo-coronavirus

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1. If there's anything we've learned this year, its that outdoors is not a driver of spread nt.