Paris enters 4-week lockdown amid spread of COVID-19 variants

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

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.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/europe/543993-paris-goes-into-4-week-lockdown-amid-rampant-spread-of-covid-19

[LaMouffette]

1. Bonne chance et meilleurs voeux, les citoyens de Paris! Nous vous aimons!

[riversedge]

2. Sad. But it is for the best

[BigmanPigman]

3. I saw that they had 35,000 new cases in France yesterday

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/france/

so I saw this coming. Europe is a mess right now; Italy, Poland, Turkey, Germany, Spain....

If you look at a graph of the world, you will see a definite 4th wave. Doctors on CNN and MSNBC said that the variants will be hitting the US really hard starting the first week of April, going into July. People must get vaccines and keep masking.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

[hamsterjill]

5. What is the status of vaccine distribution in these countries?

Are they slow because of Astazeneca?

So sad...

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

4. Well scratch Europe off my Covid passport list, Vietnam anyone? 2500 cases, total!