FILE PHOTO: French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe chairs a video meeting with French regions prefects on the coronavirus in the "crisis room" of the French Interior ministry in Paris, France March 13, 2020. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - France will shut shops, restaurants and entertainment facilities from Sunday with its 67 million people told to stay home to help fight the rapid acceleration of the coronavirus in a country where the number of cases has doubled in 72 hours.
The government had no other option, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told a news conference after the public health authority said 91 people had died in France and almost 4,500 were now infected.
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