In a national address, French President Emmanuel Macron said beginning Monday restaurants and cafes would be allowed to fully reopen and people could resume visiting family in nursing homes.
He said that mainland France, including Paris, would be classified as a"green zone" for the deadly virus. Only the overseas French territories of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean and French Guiana will remain on a higher"orange" alert level, he said.
Travel from other European countries will now be allowed with travel from outside Europe to resume on July 1, he said, outlining the government's plan.The further easing is part of a gradual relaxation of restrictions in France that began with the May 11 end of a two-month stay-at-home order. Among other things, Macron's announcement means that cafes and restaurants can be fully reopened after they were allowed to resume business for outdoor seating only earlier this month.
From June 22, all nursery schools, primary schools and junior high schools will be open and attendance will be mandatory. France expects the economy to contract by 11% this year. Macron said his government was pumping an"unprecedented" 500 billion euros into the economy in the form of financial aid and relief payments to forestall layoffs and support key business sectors.
"With this epidemic, the global economy has come to a virtual standstill," he said."Our first priority will be to rebuild an economy that is strong, ecological, sovereign and united."kept by Johns Hopkins University, the United Kingdom is the worst-hit country in Europe, with nearly 300,000 infections and just under 42,000 deaths. Spain has had some 240,000 cases and more than 41,000 deaths.
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