MAYENNE, May 12 — So eager was Marc Mauny to reopen his hair salon after nearly two months of lockdown that he threw open its doors at the stroke of midnight yesterday — and promptly received his first customer. As France battled to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, Mauny's salon, in...
French hairdresser Marc Mauny tends to his first customer during the re-opening of Marc Creations hair salon at midnight in Mayenne, France May 11, 2020. — Reuters pic
As France battled to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, Mauny's salon, in Mayenne, about 270 km west of Paris, had to close under a government order that allowed only food stores, tobacconists and pharmacies to keep trading. “I'm going to cut hair, I'm going to welcome people,” he said, just after opening. “Wow, I really want to.”
Most stores re-opening yesterday kept to regular business hours. Not Mauny. “I like to be first,” he said.
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