Curfew advanced to 6 p.m. - activities

Covid: nationwide, localwide, weekend-based lockdown... what to expect if curfew fails?

To fight against a third coronavirus epidemic wave, mainland France is now under curfew from 6 p.m. But facing the increasing incidence rate and new contaminations all over the country, what are the next steps in the event this measure fails? Here are leads considered so far.

"We won't wait for March to take action" in the event curfew fails, Olivier Véran says

This Saturday January 23, 2021 Health Minister said to "Le Parisien" that in the event curfew from 6 p.m. fails, the government might consider - in the coming days - new restrictions including another lockdown.

Coronavirus Paris - Île-de-France: curfew from 6 p.m. starting Saturday

The coronavirus epidemic keeps on spreading in France and to curb the spread, the government has announced curfew from 6 p.m. in mainland France including in Paris and Île-de-France as the virus is gaining ground.

Curfew from 6 p.m. in Var and Drôme from Tuesday

Unlike the United Kingdom or Germany, the French government seems to have ruled out the prospect of another total lockdown to stop the third epidemic wave. Yet this Thursday January 7, Prime Minister Jean Castex warns against the danger of the current epidemic situation at a press brief. Curfew is kept at 8 p.m. everywhere in France, excluding 25 departments already under curfew from 6 p.m. Var and Drôme are being included in the list starting tomorrow. Haute-Savoie remains under curfew from 8 p.m.