More French regions will have to impose curfew - government
File Photo: Customers are seen on the terrace of "Chez Marianne" restaurant in Le Marais district in Paris, France, October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Several more French departments are to enter red-alert status over the coronavirus pandemic, which means that they will have to impose curfews, the government said on Wednesday.
Spokesman Gabriel Attal also told a news conference that the government was proposing to extend a state of emergency to Feb. 16. This would mean it retained the power to extend curfews already in place in France's biggest cities, including Paris.
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