By Press Association 2021
A worker transports the painting called Portrait of Antonio de Covarrubias y Leiva by Spanish painter El Greco in the Louvre museum in Paris
The 518-year-old Mona Lisa has seen many things in her life on a wall, but rarely this – almost four months with no Louvre visitors.
As she stares out through bulletproof glass into the silent Salle des Etats, in what was once the world’s most-visited museum, her celebrated smile could almost denote relief.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa hangs on the wall in a deserted Louvre (Thibault Camus/AP)
A worker cleans the Marly courtyard in the museum (Thibault Camus/AP)
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The Louvre s forced closure has also granted museum officials a golden opportunity to carry out long-overdue refurbishments that were simply not possible with nearly 10 million visitors a year.
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France s Health Minister Olivier Veran told reporters this morning that further restrictions on movement might be required in Nice and the surrounding areas within the coming days amid a rise in infections.