A woman wearing a protective facemask walks in the Aligre street as she does her grocery shopping during the food market, on May 2, 2020, in Paris, during the 47th day of a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 (the novel c
Paris: France on Saturday decided to extend a health emergency imposed to fight the new coronavirus for two months until July 24, Health Minister Olivier Veran said.
A proposal to be put to parliament on Monday said the lifting this month of the emergency, which began on March 24, would "be premature" and "could see a risk of the outbreak" intensifying.
