{"id":116893,"date":"2021-04-02T15:25:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T07:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=116893"},"modified":"2021-04-02T15:25:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T07:25:34","slug":"covid-19-france-to-ban-outdoor-drinking-under-new-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=116893","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: France to ban outdoor drinking under new restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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PARIS, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Alcoholic drinks will be prohibited in
French parks and other outdoor public spaces as part of the new limited
nationwide lockdown to stem the Covid-19 crisis, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing the National Assembly, Castex also said authorities would be
quick to disperse groups of more than six people on riverbanks or squares
after the new restrictions unveiled by President Emmanuel Macron late
Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Castex said he \u201cunreservedly\u201d condemned people who had not been respecting the rules, after images emerged of beer-swigging crowds on riverbanks in the spring sunshine in cities including Paris and Lyon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, prosecutors should \u201csystematically\u201d probe organisers of
clandestine parties for putting the lives of others in danger, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By decreeing school closures and systematic work-from-home protocols,
Macron hopes to ease pressure on hospitals facing a new surge in coronavirus cases that are overwhelming intensive care units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he refrained from demanding that people stay in their homes or avoid
socialising completely, and authorised travel between regions over the coming Easter weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The measures were met with a mix of resignation and anger, despite Macron\u2019s suggestion that France could begin envisioning a return to normalcy by mid-May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLockdown, the sequel\u2026 and the end?\u201d Le Figaro headlined its front page
Thursday, while mass-market Le Parisien said Macron was defending his
strategy of \u201cslowing without shutting down\u201d even though \u201cthe situation has
never been so dangerous or complicated\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As during the first lockdown last spring, parents are scrambling to make
arrangements for another round of distance learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was absolutely necessary to close the schools, even if it will be
complicated for parents, and especially young children, to manage this
situation,\u201d Laure, 44, a researcher with two young boys who lives in Paris,
said after Macron\u2019s TV address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a bid to ease the pain, Macron shuffled the timetable for school
holidays and younger children will return to school on April 26 after taking
their spring break, and older pupils will follow a week later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prime minister\u2019s office said a decision would be made on Friday on
whether child minders will be allowed to receive any children during the
three-week period. The office had earlier stated that they would be banned
from taking children, but later Thursday evening said deliberations were
continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Castex, who provided lawmakers with details of the new measures, said low-income families would receive financial aid for children no longer eating school lunches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

France\u2019s public health authority announced 50,659 new cases on Thursday,
but that number was inflated due to delayed numbers from several labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authority also said 314 more deaths were recorded on Thursday, bringing the country\u2019s total to 95,976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health Minister Olivier Veran said the number of new Covid cases could peak in the next seven to 10 days, while intensive care cases in hospitals might do so by the end of April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe goal is to suppress this wave of the epidemic\u2026 so that it\u2019s as small
as possible,\u201d he told France Inter radio. — NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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