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PARIS: A momentary wave of coronavirus pandemic can hit France in November, a government adviser told local media on Wednesday (August 26), when the city of Marseille tightened restrictions to combat the epidemic.
Marseille authorities said Tuesday night that bars and restaurants would have shorter opening hours and also expanded the mandatory use of masks in the southern port city between 26 August and 30 September.
“There are fears of a momentary wave in November,” Professor Jean-Fransois Delfraissy, who heads the clinical council advising on the pandemic, told France 2 on Wednesday.
France has the seventh number of COVID-19 deaths worldwide, and the government is closely following the numbers to see if new restrictions or a blockade are needed.
Depending on the new measures, Marseille’s bars and restaurants must be closed between 23:00. and 6:00 a.m. local time (21:00-04:00 GMT), having been able in the past to remain open until the last general hour at 1:00 a.m.
Mandatory to dress in the mask will now be mandatory outdoors in public spaces in all spaces of the city, having been in the past mandatory only in certain spaces.
The French Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday 3304 new coronavirus infections, well below the daily peaks observed last week, more young adults tested positive.
The number of deaths from COVID-19 in France amounts to 30544 deaths, of which in the last 24 hours.
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