6/18/2023 0 Comments Paris france lockdown![]() ![]() Restaurants, bars and cultural sites including cinemas, theatres and museums reopened over the following weeks. Much activity of France’s battered economy resumed as shops and businesses reopened and restrictions on leaving home were lifted, and the government announced recovery plans for the automotive, aerospace and tourism industries. With epidemiological curves having peaked and declined, but contrary to the warnings of the country’s preparedness, France began easing lockdown measures on 11 May. ![]() Initially announced for two weeks, the lockdown ended up being extended to last nearly two months. Parisians enjoy a last day of freedom in the city's Buttes Chaumont park on 16 March 2020, hours before Macron announced the first coronavirus lockdown. ![]() The disease itself swept through care homes for the elderly and pushed intensive care occupancy to a peak of over 7,000 patients in early April, a level not seen since.īy the time the first lockdown ended on 11 May, 26,643 patients infected with Covid-19 had succumbed to the disease or to complications it caused, which at the time was the world’s fifth highest official death toll. For those out of work due to the lockdown, the government announced vast economic relief including a furloughing scheme to keep as many people in employment as possible. Work from home and home schooling became the rule under tough restrictions. The government passed emergency laws allowing limits on movement and gatherings. Supermarkets in many parts of the country showed evidence of limited panic buying of select items including flour, pasta, rice, bottled water and toilet paper. French President Emmanuel Macron announces the country's nationwide lockdown to fight the new coronavirus in a televised address on 16 March 2020. ![]()
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