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France bans travel for a month as it enters third lockdown

President Emmanuel Macron said in a public address: ‘We will lose control if we do not move now’

French President Emmanuel Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron Photo: Getty Images

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a third lockdown from 3 April as the country grapples with a spike in coronavirus infections.

“We will lose control if we do not move now,” said Macron, in a televised address to the nation.

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