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PARIS (Reuters) - Three additional French regions including the Rhone department around the city of Lyon will be put under tightened COVID-19 restrictions for four weeks, the government announced on Thursday.
The move follows similar measures imposed a week earlier on the Paris region and a large part of northern France, where most non-essential stores have been ordered to close and people are limited in how far they can travel from their homes.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating almost everywhere in France,” Health Minister Olivier Veran said, adding that pressure on the hospital system will continue to increase in coming days.