![]() 'Bars and restaurants will be closed,' said Mr Macron adding: 'Every fortnight, we will take stock of the evolution of the epidemic. It is therefore the return of the documents.' Referring to the last rigorous lockdown earlier in the year – one that was enforced by police who could issue fines and even prison sentences if necessary – Mr Macron said: 'As in spring, you can leave your home to go to work, to go to a medical appointment, to help a loved one, to do your shopping or to take the air near your home. 'Having spoken with scientists, representatives from the economy, as of Friday we will have to go back into a lockdown that put a halt on the spread of the virus. We know that this second wave will be even harder and more lethal.' Macron continued: 'We are currently overwhelmed at the pace with which this virus is spreading as winter approaches and the temperatures outside drop. In Britain, daily Covid-19 infections hit 24,701 last night in the first drop for a month - but deaths rose to 310 - up from 191 last Wednesday. The return of lockdown measures across Europe has led to protests breaking out in Spain and Italy where crowds have let off fireworks and looted luxury stores to voice their rage at the tightening controls on public life. The chancellor said it was necessary 'to act, and now, to avoid an acute national health emergency'. It comes as Angela Merkel plunged neighbouring Germany back into 'lockdown lite', ordering all bars and restaurants to close across the country starting on Monday. within a few months we would have at least 400,000 additional deaths,' he said.įrance announced 36,437 new infections on Wednesday night, taking the total above 1.2million, while another 244 deaths brought the total to 35,785. 'As elsewhere in Europe, we are overwhelmed by a second wave that will probably be more difficult and deadly than the first. Macron said: 'The virus is spreading across France at a speed that even the most pessimistic did not predict. The measures will be in place until at least December 1, when they will be reviewed. Macron says that non-essential shops would be allowed to open within the next 15 days if the situation improves. Currently France's daily infection rates stand above 35,000 - which must fall to 5,000 for this to happen. And 9,000 patients will be in ICU by mid November - that's our maximum capacity in France.' In numerous places we have seen life saving operations delayed. We've already reached 58 per cent capacity in IC units. He told the country: 'I decided that it was necessary to insist on a lockdown throughout the country from Friday. ![]() Macron called the new restrictions 'heartbreaking' but said he 'could never stand by and see hundreds of thousands of French citizens die.' State-approved reasons for leaving home include buying essential goods, seeking medical attention or taking a daily one-hour allocation of exercise. ![]() ![]() The national measures will take effect from Friday morning until December 1 and are considered to be 'more flexible' than the country's first lockdown, with all public services, schools and essential workplaces to remain open.īut people on the streets will still have to carry documents justifying their reason for leaving home - that will be subject to police checks - and bars and restaurants will close. French lockdown restrictions due to come into force Friday morning at 00:01amįrench President Emmanuel Macron last night announced a new nationwide lockdown, claiming that 400,000 people will die of coronavirus if the country does nothing to control a second wave that will be 'more deadly than the first'. ![]()
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