France’s Face Mask Law is Official as New Covid-19 Cases Spike

People are gathering in larger groups and travelers from abroad have been allowed back into France.

Caumes said Paris hospitals in June had not seen any new virus cases, but that since the start of July, people were beginning to trickle back in similar numbers to February with two or three sick people a day.

“It is possible that what is happening in Paris is nothing compared to what is happening in other regions of France which were not hit by the first epidemic wave and risk facing an epidemic wave,” he said.

(Writer: Christian Lowe, John Irish | Editor: Janet Lawrence) 

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-masks/it-makes-sense-french-shoppers-take-compulsory-masks-in-their-stride-idUSKCN24L19I

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