PARIS (FRANCE) – A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is likely to impact France in November, as told by a government advisor on Wednesday.
Authorities in Marseille, who are prepping to control an otbreak, said late on Tuesday that bars and restaurants would be open for a short period of time. Mask-wearing would be made mandatory in the southern port city between August 26 and September 30.
Professor Jean-François Delfraissy, who heads the advisory scientific council that guides the government on the pandemic, told, “There are fears of a second wave in November.”
France has witnessed the seventh-highest COVID-19 death toll in the world, even as the government is analysing the figures closely to check whether new restrictions or another lockdown are required.
Bars and restaurants at Marseille will have to close from 11 pm to 6 am local time (2100-0400 GMT), when compared to earlier times when it was open until normal closing time at midnight or 1 am.
The French health ministry reported 3,304 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday. The death tally in France from COVID-19 was 30,544, including 16 in the past 24 hours.
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