French hairdresser Marc Mauny tends to his first customer during the re-opening of Marc Creations hair salon at midnight in Mayenne, as France softens its strict lockdown rules during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), May 11, 2020.?REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
MAYENNE, France (Reuters) - So eager was Marc Mauny to reopen his hair salon after nearly two months of lockdown that he threw open its doors at the stroke of midnight on Monday - and promptly received his first customer.
As France battled to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, Mauny's salon, in Mayenne, about 270 km (167 miles) west of Paris, had to close under a government order that allowed only food stores, tobacconists and pharmacies to keep trading.
