The French government announced a second lockdown from the end of October.
Protests continue in Italy over the recent measures.
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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.
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Corona
* pandemic
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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
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