French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that he will gradually lift almost all restrictions on going out and restaurant operations, which he has taken as a countermeasure against the infection of the new coronavirus, from May 3 to nearly two months. did.
In France, due to the spread of the mutant virus, we have restricted going out and retail stores nationwide from the beginning of April, but since the infection has been suppressed, it will be within 10 km from home from May 3rd. It is said that the restrictions on the movement that came will be lifted.
In addition, President Macron announced in an interview with a local newspaper on the night of the 28th that he would gradually lift almost all restrictions from May 3 to the end of June.
From May 19th, restaurants will be allowed to open outdoors for the first time in about 6 months, retail stores will be lifted, and museums, theaters and movie theaters will be reopened with a limited number of people.
In addition, the curfew at night will be delayed by 2 hours from 9:00 pm and will be completely abolished at the end of June.
On the other hand, he also said that he would stop lifting the restrictions in areas where the infection situation worsened.
"The biggest difference from last October, when we introduced the restrictions last time, is that there are vaccines that allow us to escape the crisis," Macron emphasized.
However, in France, infection with the mutant virus is still widespread, and there are days when the number of infected people exceeds 30,000 a day, and the federations formed at hospitals in each region are "far from being in a state where the spread of infection is controlled." I point out.