France is vastly expanding a nightly curfew aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. The 9 p.m.- 6 a.m. curfew will now apply to 46 million of the nation's 67 million people. The move comes as France reported a daily record 41,600 new virus cases.
“In France, like everywhere in Europe, the second wave is here,” Castex said at a news conference, adding that “no one is spared.”
The prime minister said the national hospital bed occupancy rate is now at more than 44% percent and that four regions, including Paris, have more than half of their intensive care unit beds filled by COVID-19 patients, including the Paris region.
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