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The mayor of Perpignan, Louis Aliot, announced he would open four museums in his city on Tuesday, in staunch defiance of Emmanuel Macron s coronavirus restrictions. Mr Aliot announced on Monday the reopening of the four municipal museums, which have been closed since the end of October, without waiting for a possible government announcement.
PARIS Two leading French health officials called for new restrictive measures to rein in the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday, taking the opposite view of the…
By Reuters Staff
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PARIS, Feb 5 (Reuters) - New measures to rein in the spread of the coronavirus in France are “inevitable”, the head of infectious diseases at Paris’ Saint Antoine hospital told France Inter radio on Friday.
“We’re still at a high plateau in France. And to bring it down, new restrictive measures will be inevitable,” Karine Lacombe said.
Lacombe spoke the day after Prime Minister Jean Castex said there was no need for now for a third national lockdown even though he added the situation in France remained fragile. (Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten; editing by Jason Neely)
Tension at the top: French medics push for lockdown, government resists
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05/02/2021 - 14:39 A woman wearing a protective mask walks on an empty Croisette during a nationwide curfew, from 6 p.m to 6pm in Cannes. But some health specialists say the curfew is not enough. REUTERS - Eric Gaillard 4 min Two leading French health officials have called for more restrictive measures to rein in the spread of Covid-19 infections, in the latest sign of increasing tensions between government and scientists on how to handle the issue. Advertising Read more We re still at a high plateau in France. At one point it will be too high and, to new restrictive measures will be inevitable to bring it down, Karine Lacombe, head of infectious diseases at Paris Saint Antoine hospital, told France Inter radio on Friday.
A more infectious coronavirus variant is expected to spread rapidly through France in the coming month, hospital chiefs said on Wednesday, raising fears of another lockdown as hopes faded that ski lifts and restaurants could reopen soon.