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Paris Enters New COVID-19 Lockdown As Astrazeneca Jabs Resume
- Signs of lockdown weariness are abound in cities across the world, with protests against restrictions popping up in Vienna, Sofia and Montreal to mention a few
A third of France’s population was under a new partial lockdown Saturday to stop the spread of COVID-19, as some European countries resumed AstraZeneca vaccinations following an all-clear from EU regulators and the WHO.
The pandemic is still speeding up worldwide, with the number of new global coronavirus infections rising by 14 per cent over the last week compared to the previous week, according to AFP data.
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Fighting to prevent yet another wave of the virus, several countries in Europe went back into partial lockdown on Saturday — with Poland, parts of Ukraine and some French regions all waking up too tight new restrictions.
Parisians packed trains leaving the capital and crammed into shops ahead of the new restrictions coming into force, which will apply to Paris and several other regions for a month.
The mayor of Yerres, just outside Paris, told AFP he had told businesses there to remain open, defying the “totally incomprehensible” restrictions.
“Why would we catch Covid more in a shoe store than a bookshop?” he asked.
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