France orders nightclubs to close for 4 weeks after raging waves
Paris:
Nightclubs in France will be ordered to close for four weeks from this weekend to combat rising Covid-19 cases that have seen hospitals announce emergency protocols when beds are full , Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Monday.
Castex, who just got out of quarantine last week after contracting the virus, will also be required to be more stringent in social management and to prolong the use of masks as France faces a fifth wave of coronavirus cases. viral infections.
“We all tend to lower our guard” in recent weeks, he said.
But the government is not imposing stricter measures on the general population or the unvaccinated in particular, as some other countries have done in recent days.
Instead, Castex urged businesses to encourage working from home and urged people to “raise the pedal” into social interactions such as office parties as approach to year-end holidays.
And health certificates proving vaccinations or Covid vaccinations will now be required to eat in reserved sections at outdoor Christmas markets, he said.
“The situation requires an individual as well as a collective effort,” he said in a televised address after a cabinet meeting on the crisis.
“But now is no longer the time for lockdown,” he said, citing France’s vaccination rate of nearly 90% of the eligible population, while also urging unvaccinated people to get vaccinated, especially especially to show “solidarity” with medical staff. .
He added that if approved by France’s health advisory body, vaccinations could soon be extended to children aged 5 to 12, while those aged 65 and over would not need the visits. Make an appointment for another Covid shot and can walk to clinics or pharmacies.
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