Lockdown, French Citizens Exodus Leave Paris

PARIS – Thousands of people left Paris just hours before French To do lockdown nationwide for the second time due to the pandemiccorona virus. This led to traffic jams as many of the French tried to isolate themselves in rural or less crowded areas.

The lines of cars stretch hundreds of miles across the city and on the Boulevard Peripherique, the multi-lane ring road that circles Paris, in a scene reminiscent of an exodus in the spring, when France imposed the lockdown. first.

In March, 1.2 million people fled the Paris region or nearly a fifth of its population. In some areas, a massive exodus by wealthy city dwellers moving into their second homes helped spread the Coronavirus to areas that had by then been spared the pandemic.

This time, according to the authorities, the Corona virus is spreading rapidly across the country. France has recorded an average of 40,000 new cases Covid-19 every day for the past week, one of the highest in the world. More than 2,500 new patients have been hospitalized each day in recent days, the highest number since mid-April.(Also read: Following Spain, Covid-19 cases in France surpass 1 million)

The new restrictions, which took effect on Friday local time, require people to stay home except for essential work or medical reasons. Restaurants and businesses are closed, but schools remain open.

French President Emmanuel Macron predicted earlier this week that the second wave of the coronavirus would be more deadly than the first.

“I know the fatigue and the feeling of an endless day that befell us all,” Macron said when announcing the second lockout on Wednesday.

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