FILE PHOTO: People, wearing protective masks, walk in the Montorgueil street in Paris amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
PARIS (Reuters) - France should impose a national lockdown given the increase in COVID-19 cases and the longer it waits, the higher the death toll will be, the head of the emergencies unit at a hospital in Paris said on Friday.
The government said on Thursday that a new lockdown was not on the agenda and it would see next week if local weekend lockdowns would be needed in 20 areas considered very worrying, including Paris and the surrounding region.
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