At lunchtime in a busy Paris restaurant area, hundreds of people are soaking up ...
PARIS - At lunchtime in a busy Paris restaurant area, hundreds of people are soaking up the sun, eating, chatting and smoking on cafe terraces and adamant that the coronavirus will not get in the way of their lives.
In a televised address to the nation on Thursday, President Emmanuel Macron announced school closures and urged people to avoid close contact for fear of spreading the virus that has killed 61 people in France and infected almost 3,000.“It’s a stressful atmosphere to talk about closing everything and staying at home. We need to be careful and stay in contact. It’s important in life,” said Alexandra Baronnet, a manager in a large business.
Young French executive Clemence Guillern’s company has recommended employees work from home from Monday. Having lunch with her colleagues, she is not too phased by the latest developments. “We are going to try to be more careful, but continuing to have a social life is important,” she said.
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