
France has set
a daily record for the number of new coronavirus cases. More than 41 thousand
people became infected with the disease in just one day. These frightening
statistics forced the authorities to take drastic measures. And today it became
known that a curfew is being imposed on two-thirds of the population.
A few days
ago, restrictive measures were introduced in the capital and in several other
large cities where there was a high number of the cases. Now 38 more districts
will join them. The curfew will apply to 46 million people in total. They will
be prohibited from being outside their homes from 9 pm to 6 am.
According
to the ВВС, not all the French agreed on the
need to implement such radical measures. In particular, the curfew will further
worsen the condition of small businesses, which still have not recovered from the
spring quarantine. Businessmen demand to provide them with decent support, but
so far all the attention of the authorities has been focused on stabilizing the
epidemiological situation.
It is worth
noting that the total number of French citizens infected with the coronavirus disease
has exceeded one million. Thus, the country is only slightly behind Spain and
Russia.