French PM: No new nationwide lockdown over COVID-19 surge

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French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday his government was not planning a new, nationwide lockdown to contain a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, but would instead implement a raft of less radical measures.

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 8 - Cazeres-sur-Garonne to Loudenvielle - France - September 5, 2020. French Prime Minister Jean Castex in the finish area. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

“The virus is with us for several more months and we must manage to live with it without letting ourselves get drawn once again into a narrative of nationwide lockdown,” Castex said in a televised address. France imposed a strict lockdown in March at the height of the epidemic’s first wave. That succeeded in preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases, but also dealt a severe blow to the euro zone’s second biggest economy.

He said he had asked leaders of those regions to submit their proposals to him on Monday for local measures to contain the spread of the virus.

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