“The fight against the epidemic is not finished but I am happy about this first victory against the virus.”
but adding that he would “draw the lessons” from a crisis that has killed nearly 30,000 people in the country.
The announcement will be a relief for restaurants in the French capital and its suburbs, after officials signalled last week that their reopening might not come before June 22. Family visits will also be allowed from Monday at retirement homes, which have been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 outbreak that has killed more than 29,000 people in France, though the number of new infections has slowed markedly in recent days.
But mass gatherings will remain “tightly controlled” for now, since “they are the main occasions for spreading the virus,” he said.Macron said the government had mobilised an “unprecedented” 500 billion euros in financial aid and relief to prevent layoffs and support key sectors including aviation, automobiles, restaurants and tourism.
That effort will include “massive investments” to educate and train young people and ensure they find work, a nod to growing worries that an entire generation of students could see their futures jeopardised by the fallout of the crisis.
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