4 April, 2021
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France has entered its third national lockdown due to the surge of Covid-19 cases.
On Friday, the number of seriously ill patients in Intensive Care Units (ICU) increased by 145 becoming the highest surge in five months while 5 000 Covid patients in ICUs.
President Emmanuel Macron has promised more hospital beds for Covid patients and a curfew will be imposed from 07.00 p.m. to 06.00 a.m. Saturday onwards.
The country is currently struggling with an EU-wide delay in the vaccine rollout and several new strains of the virus.
(Source- BBC)