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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."
Paris, Apr 4 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Ian Langsdon) In a new attempt to stop the advance of the pandemic, France this month faces its third confinement in a year, which although it is lighter than the Prior to March and November, schools and businesses considered non-essential will close. FOOTAGE OF THE STREETS OF PARIS THIS SUNDAY.
Pedestrians stroll along Rue du Gros-Horloge, in the historic centre of Rouen, on the first day of new confinement measures. More than a third of France's population is now under a renewed lockdown. IMAGES
In Paris, on the banks of the Seine, people walk and jog on the first day of a new lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19. IMAGES
Climate change campaigners target the UK headquarters of oil giant TotalEnergies with paint, protesting the French firm's alleged human rights violations in the construction of a contentious oil pipeline in Uganda. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the Place Carnot in Figeac, in south-western France, for his last campaign rally in the Lot region, which voted massively for him five years ago. IMAGES
People crowd the Champs-Elysees in Paris on another Covid-stricken New Year's Eve, as celebratory fireworks were cancelled due to a surge in Covid cases. IMAGES
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