A third of the population was quarantined in France due to the pandemic

An increasing number of countries around the world are returning to tough restrictions due to the coronavirus epidemic. So, almost a third of the French will be transferred to a curfew. It will affect the largest regions and cities of the country.

It is noted that about 20 million residents of France will have to be in the curfew, which starts at 21:00 on October 17. The curfew will end at 6:00 local time. No exceptions are introduced - all residents must be at home. The restrictions affected the Paris region, as well as Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Toulouse, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Montpellier, Saint-Etienne and Rouen. That is, all the largest cities in the country, whose residents are now obliged to observe voluntary self-isolation, writes Infox.

While the curfew will be in effect for four weeks. At the same time, a reservation was immediately made that if the number of those infected did not begin to decrease, the restrictions would be extended.