PARIS, May 11 — France tiptoed out of one of Europe’s strictest coronavirus lockdowns today, allowing non-essential shops, factories and other businesses to reopen for the first time in eight weeks as the risks of a second wave of infections loomed large. With the world’s fifth highest...
Commuters, wearing protective face masks, walk on a platform at the Saint-Lazare train station in Paris, on the first day mask usage is mandatory in public transport, after France begun a gradual end to a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus disease in France, May 11, 2020. — Reuters pic
Theatres, restaurants, bars and beaches will remain closed until at least June, as the scramble in South Korea to contain a cluster of cases linked to nightclubs highlighted the peril of new outbreaks emerging. Passengers had to wear masks on the capital’s buses and metros traversing Paris, and stickers on seats marked out social distancing.
Trade unions and opposition parties have highlighted the risks that Covid-19 infections will pick up again, particularly in places where distancing is difficult such as schools. His ministry is preparing sector-specific recovery plans for the struggling tourism, aerospace and auto industries.
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