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French Prime Minister Jean Castex says the country can avoid going into a third coronavirus lockdown
France has decided against imposing a third coronavirus nationwide lockdown and instead ordered tighter controls at its borders, increased police action against curfew breakers and a greater adherence to working from home.
Key points:
- After almost 24,000 new infections were detected in the past day, France’s total caseload has rise to 3.15 million
- Nearly 2,900 of the 25,800 hospitalised COVID patients are in intensive care
- About 1.45 million people have been vaccinated so far
Prime Minister Jean Castex said the public health crisis remained of great concern as France’s death toll jumped above 75,000, the seventh-highest in the world.
“We know the grave impact [of a lockdown]. Tonight, looking at the data of the past few days, we consider that…
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