Paris bars to close as French capital placed on maximum COVID alert

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Paris bars to close as French capital placed on maximum COVID alert

 

FILE PHOTO: A health worker, wearing a protective suit and a face mask, prepares to administer a nasal swab to a patient at a testing site for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) installed in front of the city hall in Paris, France, September 2, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Paris is to be placed on maximum COVID-19 alert, meaning bars will be forced to close for two weeks from Tuesday and restaurants will have to put in place new sanitary protocols to stay open, the prime minister's office said.

 

Prime Minister Jean Castex's office said there had been no improvement in the Paris region since the capital passed all three of the government's criteria for being put on the highest level of alert mid last week.

 

Working from home should be prioritised "now more than ever" in the Paris area and university lecture halls should be no more than half full, Castex's office said in a statement.

 

The reinforced restrictions will take effect from Tuesday.

 

"These measures, indispensable in the fight to curb the virus' spread, will apply to Paris and the three departments immediately surrounding it, for a duration of two weeks," it said.

 

For a city to be placed on maximum alert, the incidence rate must exceed 100 infections per 100,000 among elderly inhabitants and 250 per 100,000 among the general public, while at least 30% of intensive care beds are reserved for coronavirus patients.

 

A week ago, restaurants and bars were shut down for a fortnight in Marseille, the southern city at the epicentre of the second wave, prompting protests and an unsuccessful legal challenge.

 

Restaurants in Marseille will be allowed to reopen early under the same new protocols.

 

France on Sunday reported 12,565 new cases of coronavirus, while 893 COVID-19 patients had been admitted into intensive care over the past week.

(Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau; Writing by Richard Lough; Editing by Daniel Wallis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-10-05

 

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[PETERTHEEATER]

The steel needle rammed into the brain via a nostril. Wow, the French are really tough on people who break the rules. C'est la vie!

[Stargeezr]

In Canada  as well, the French language province of Quebec is also getting closer to being locked down again, as the numbers of covid are soaring, Ontario is getting higher numbers too.     I hope the people of Thailand keep up their cautious measures and stay healthy.  I hope to return there as soon as a vaccine is being offered and the flights are more available. Winter is not far off now.

Brrrr.

Geezer

[Scott]

Inflammatory, troll post removed. 

 

[Jack Hna]

4 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

In Canada  as well, the French language province of Quebec is also getting closer to being locked down again, as the numbers of covid are soaring, Ontario is getting higher numbers too.     I hope the people of Thailand keep up their cautious measures and stay healthy.  I hope to return there as soon as a vaccine is being offered and the flights are more available. Winter is not far off now.

Brrrr.

Geezer

Got a few mates in BC. All absolutely gutted and feeling trapped. One lad likes to hit cuba regularly. Everytime I talk to him he sounds like he should be on suicide watch. The only Glee he seemed to have was when I informed him of my visa issues here may force me back to UK. He was robbed of that glee when we solved the issue.

 

Plenty of Thai tasty in canada though right. Blue pill too?