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| ‘Nonsense’: French PM blasts Paris City Hall's proposal to open EVERYTHING after three-week Covid lockdown | ‘Nonsense’: French PM blasts Paris City Hall's proposal to open EVERYTHING after three-week Covid lockdown |
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| A proposal to plunge Paris into a hard three-week Covid-19 lockdown and then fully reopen the French capital's entire economy was slammed by the country's Prime Minister Jean Castex on Friday. | A proposal to plunge Paris into a hard three-week Covid-19 lockdown and then fully reopen the French capital's entire economy was slammed by the country's Prime Minister Jean Castex on Friday. |
| The PM said it was “nonsense” that a so-called “circuit-breaker” lockdown would allow Paris to reopen after just a few weeks due to the threat of new, more infectious strains of the virus. | The PM said it was “nonsense” that a so-called “circuit-breaker” lockdown would allow Paris to reopen after just a few weeks due to the threat of new, more infectious strains of the virus. |
| Under the proposal, revealed by the city's Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire on Thursday, bars, restaurants and cultural venues could all be allowed to open after three weeks of severe lockdown. | Under the proposal, revealed by the city's Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire on Thursday, bars, restaurants and cultural venues could all be allowed to open after three weeks of severe lockdown. |
| “You have heard the mayor of Paris say that we have to confine three weeks and then it's over,” Castex said on Friday, while visiting a hospital in the western French city of Nantes. | “You have heard the mayor of Paris say that we have to confine three weeks and then it's over,” Castex said on Friday, while visiting a hospital in the western French city of Nantes. |
| “But you know very well that with the variants etc, it is not possible. We must not speak nonsense. We must never speak nonsense.” | “But you know very well that with the variants etc, it is not possible. We must not speak nonsense. We must never speak nonsense.” |
| France has recently seen a slight rise in Covid-19 infection rates, fueled by the spread of a more transmissible variant of the virus, first discovered in the UK. | France has recently seen a slight rise in Covid-19 infection rates, fueled by the spread of a more transmissible variant of the virus, first discovered in the UK. |
| On Thursday, the government placed 20 French territories, including Paris and the wider Ile-de-France, into “reinforced surveillance,” meaning they could be put under heavier restrictions if the infection rates don't fall. | On Thursday, the government placed 20 French territories, including Paris and the wider Ile-de-France, into “reinforced surveillance,” meaning they could be put under heavier restrictions if the infection rates don't fall. |
| While the country as a whole has seen infection rates creep up, some areas, such as Nice and Dunkirk have seen a surge in new cases of the virus. | While the country as a whole has seen infection rates creep up, some areas, such as Nice and Dunkirk have seen a surge in new cases of the virus. |
| The two regions have both been placed under restrictive weekend lockdowns, as opposed to the marginally more lenient curfew measures the rest of the country is currently under. | The two regions have both been placed under restrictive weekend lockdowns, as opposed to the marginally more lenient curfew measures the rest of the country is currently under. |
| Among the weekend measures being enforced are bans on public alcohol consumption, five-kilometer movement limits from home, and the closure of some non-essential retailers. | Among the weekend measures being enforced are bans on public alcohol consumption, five-kilometer movement limits from home, and the closure of some non-essential retailers. |
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