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Families will be able to travel to celebrate Christmas together, the prime minister said.
However, museums, theaters and cinemas will be closed for another three weeks as the number of infections continues to rise slowly.
The situation has “significantly improved” since the introduction of the second strict quarantine regime on October 30, Castex said, noting that the number of new infections has fallen from almost 50,000 a day at the end of October to about 10,000.
However, “the downturn has slowed over the last few days,” he added.
“We are on a plateau,” the prime minister said. “We must not lose caution.”
With the abolition of the strict quarantine regime, In France however, it will not achieve the goal of having only 5,000 new infections a day, said Health Minister Olivier Veran.
The number of new cases of coronavirus was almost 14,000 on Thursday, but a week ago – 12,000, he added.
“We have not yet emerged from the second wave,” the minister said, adding that large gatherings of people in the event of an increase in re-infection and a third strict quarantine regime in 2021 are not allowed.
Since the onset of the pandemic, the number of Covid-19-related deaths in France has exceeded 55,000.
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