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New confinement in France for 23 million people

Paris (France), March 18 (EFE / EPA) .- Faced with the "worrying" increase of covid in France, driven by the British strain, the French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, announced a mild confinement for a month in the 16 most affected departments, including the capital.SIGNAL: FRENCH GOVERNMENT.STATEMENTS BY JEAN CASTEX, FRENCH PRIME MINISTER:- "We are facing a third wave of this pandemic that does not seem ready to end, but the great difference with the preceding waves is that we have a perspective before us. A perspective that is called the vaccine and changes everything. Today's efforts are indispensable, now more than ever. We know that they will not be in vain."- "For stores, such as in March and November, only stores selling essential products are allowed to open. This notion will also apply to bookstores and music stores."- "For trips outside of the home, people can go for a walk or play sports, they will be framed in more flexible rules than in March and November because we know that we pollute ourselves much less by walking in the open air than by being gathered without a mask in inside."- "This is not good news, and I understand your impatience in the face of measures that, like the virus, come and go, evolve and adapt depending on the crisis. I consider these measures essential and balanced, they seek to stop the virus without shutting us down. The virus has accelerated for fifteen days and the pressure on hospital services has increased for more than a week, the time has come to draw conclusions."