In the Corona crisis, France plans to extend the state of health emergency by two months until July 24th. The center government agreed on a corresponding bill to be debated in parliament next week. Health Minister Olivier Véran said after a cabinet meeting.
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The law aims to provide Prime Minister Édouard Philippe’s roadmap for Gradual relaxation of strict corona measures from May 11th be legally protected. The state of emergency allows the government to restrict citizens’ freedoms.
The announced easing of the exit restrictions are said to be associated with new regulations, according to the Reuters news agency. From May 11th, France wants to make it mandatory to wear protective masks on public transport. Shops should be able to reopen from this date. However, restaurants or cafés will remain closed; Beaches remain taboo for visitors and athletes.
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For after France Minister of Health Véran announced a two-week quarantine for upcoming people. The quarantine applies regardless of whether someone shows Covid 19 symptoms or not. According to Véran, the length of the respective exit ban for sick and healthy people and further details should be regulated in a regulation.
Government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye answered evasively to a question about possible effects on tourism: If tourists wanted to come, this is good news. “We are only obliged to take measures.”
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“We will have to live with the virus for some time,” said Health Minister Véran.
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The state of emergency in the health sector was declared at the end of March and was initially limited to two months. France is badly hit by the Covid 19 pandemic. As the Ministry of Health announced in the evening, 24,760 people have died as a result of an infection with the corona virus, 166 more than a day earlier.
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