MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Hundreds of restaurant owners and bar staff protested outside Marseille's commercial court on Friday against a government order to shut from Saturday to curb the surge in new coronavirus cases in France's second biggest city.
The government ordered bars and restaurants in the city to close for two weeks after placing Marseille and its surrounds on the Mediterranean on the maximum alert level for the spread of the virus.
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