“We have to act. We need to put a brake on the spread of the #virus,” President Emmanuel Macron told public television, announcing a shutdown between 9:00 pm and 6:00 am that will remain in force for as long as six weeks.Other major #French cities such as Lyon, the Mediterranean port Marseille and southwestern Toulouse will similarly impose #curfews, with around 20 million people affected in all, out of a total population of some 67 million.
Coronavirus pandemic: Last night out in France as 20 million face virus curfew
