Latest victims included a doctor from a Paris hospital. FMTNews Covid19France
PARIS: French lawmakers approved tougher penalties for defying a nationwide confinement order as the coronavirus death toll rose on Sunday, with a first member of the country’s medical profession among the victims.
The doctor who died was an emergency specialist at the university hospital in Compiegne, north of Paris, where several other staff have tested positive for the virus, according to French media reports. Those caught defying the order – which has exceptions for essential commuting, shopping and solitary exercise – will also face harsher penalties, ranging from €135 to €3,700 and a six-month prison term for repeat breaches, under the health emergency bill approved by lawmakers.
“We’re asking citizens to continue mobilising to keep our economy working,” health minister Veran said.
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