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Thursday, March 12, 2020
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
France to close schools to curb spread of coronavirus
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announces schools in France will close next week and urges people over 70 to stay at home, to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Creches, schools and also universities will close from Monday “until further notice,” Macron says in an address to the nation on the fight against the coronavirus.
The president also announces that local elections to be held Sunday will not be postponed. He describes the spread of the virus as the “greatest health crisis France has known for a century.”
— AFP
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