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France rules out ‘total lockdown’

By AFP
July 09, 2020

PARIS: The French government said on Wednesday it was girding for a possible surge in Covid-19 cases in coming months but would not respond to any new outbreak with another nationwide lockdown. "My aim is to prepare France for a possible second wave while preserving our daily life, our economic and social life," new Prime Minister Jean Castex said in an interview on RTL television.