15.03.2020 - 19:23 [ France24.com ]

Lockdown: France orders closure of restaurants and all ‚non-essential‘ commerce to stem coronavirus

France has gone on lockdown after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe ordered the closure of restaurants, cafés and all other „non-essential“ commerce beginning at midnight on Saturday. Groceries, pharmacies, tobacconists and petrol stations will remain open.