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Corona measures: France with tightened lockdown - angry riots over new rules in Italy

2020-10-29T17:08:48.336Z


The French government announced a second lockdown from the end of October. Protests continue in Italy over the recent measures. All news in the ticker.


The French government announced a second lockdown from the end of October.

Protests continue in Italy over the recent measures.

All news in the ticker.

  • The second

    lockdown for France will

    apply from Friday, October 30th

    .

    Schools remain open, but exit certificates are again mandatory.

  • In

    Italy

    , the

    protests

    against the tightened corona measures continue.

    The government announced an emergency financial package.

  • Current developments of the

    Corona

    * pandemic

    in Italy and France in the

    news ticker

    .

  • This news ticker is updated regularly.

Munich - In neighboring

France

, there will be another

lockdown

from Friday, October 30th

.

French President

Emmanuel Macron announced this

in a televised address on Wednesday, October 28th.

At the same time, the

exit restrictions

in the neighboring country were tightened.

The first lockdown due to the

Corona

* crisis

was just under six months ago.

It lasted from mid-March to mid-May.

The

French Prime Minister Jean Castex

wants to

explain

the new

catalog of measures in

front of both chambers of parliament

one day before the planned second lockdown

.

As the

German Press Agency (dpa)

reports, a

vote

is also

planned.

Corona in Italy and France: French President announces lockdown - restaurants and leisure facilities closed

“Stay at home as much as possible.

Respect the

rules,

”said President

Macron

in his televised address to citizens.

The lockdown in

France

is similar to the German “lockdown light”, as the federal and state governments decided on Wednesday, October 28th *.

In

France

, unlike in the spring,

schools should

remain open.

Bars, restaurants and “not essential shops” will have to

close

, however

.

However, what will be like last

spring

in France

is that citizens can no longer

move freely

.

Exit certificates

are to be reintroduced.

Traveling to other regions of the country is not easily possible.

The

measures

are initially

limited

to December 1

.

Because of the

increasing numbers

, the government of the French region of

Alsace

turned

to its German neighbor

Baden-Württemberg

with a pleading request

.

Corona in Italy and France: French President announces lockdown - mask requirement for children aged six and over

The French government also made a

mask requirement

for children aged six and over.

So far, only children aged eleven and over have had to wear a mask.

In view of the sudden second wave *, this measure is necessary, said French Prime Minister Jean Castex.

In addition, employees are to the whole week in the

home office

work, if that's possible.

In Europe, France is one of the hardest hit countries.

According to

Johns Hopkins University

, the country has had 1,280,215 corona cases so far (as of October 29, 4:27 p.m.).

35,823 people have died from being

infected

with the

coronavirus

in France

.

Corona in Italy and France: riots in Italy continue - government fuels financial package worth five billion euros

In

Italy

so far 589,766 people have with the

coronavirus

infected (source:

Johns Hopkins University

, as of 29 October).

37,905 people died of the disease, 275,404 are considered to have recovered.

The

corona measures,

which have been

tightened

since the beginning of the week,

continue to cause demonstrations in Italy.

Since Monday, October 26th, the

restaurant has

to close at 6 p.m.

Cinemas, theaters, fitness studios

and baths are no longer allowed to open.

According to the

dpa

news agency,

entrepreneurs

and employees from restaurants, bars and other places

demonstrated on Wednesday

.

In cities like

Milan

, Trieste, Florence and

Naples

, citizens took to the streets.

The government wants to

cushion the consequences of the latest measures

with a quick

emergency aid package

of over

five billion euros

.

* Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen digital editorial network

List of rubric lists: © Ludovic MARIN / AFP

Source: merkur

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