Some 5.8 million checks have been carried out and 359,000 reports drawn up by the police in France since the introduction of compulsory confinement on March 17 in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus, revealed on Wednesday 1st April, Christophe Castaner.

Approaching the start of the Easter holidays, especially for zone C, the first concerned, the Minister of the Interior also warned that there would be no derogation from the drastic limitation of travel, which was extended by two weeks until April 15.

"Very concretely, we don't go on vacation during the confinement period," he said on LCI. "Those who planned to travel" for the holidays "expose themselves, expose their loved ones" and would also expose the territory where they would be traveling.

"I asked last night the prefects of tourist areas to check the level of rental and occupancy including Airbnb or other rental offers and we will ensure Friday that there are very strict controls on departures from major cities to avoid the flow of vacationers going on vacation as if nothing had happened, "he added. "Any abuse will be punished."

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