France will extend its national lockdown put in place to contain the spread of the new coronavirus for a second time, meaning it will run beyond April 15, the French presidential palace said on Wednesday.
MACRON WILL ISPEAK TO A LARGE NUMBER OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACTORS
Nationwide confinement rules were tightened on Wednesday with a ban on daytime jogging.
Macron will from now until Monday “speak to a large number of public and private actors – French, European and international – on what is at stake concerning coronavirus and prepare the decisions that will be announced on Monday to the French”, the presidency said.