France tightens coronavirus curfew and border controls
Finance minister extends financial support for businesses
14 January 2021 - 21:48
Paris — France will strengthen border controls and bring forward its night curfew by two hours to 6pm for at least a fortnight as it tries to slow the spread of coronavirus infections, the government said on Thursday.
France has the seventh highest death toll in the world and the government is particularly worried by the more-transmissible coronavirus variant first detected in Britain, which now accounts for about 1% of new cases...
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