France enters third lockdown as ICU numbers surge
France has entered it has the third national lockdown since it battles a surge in cases of Covid-19 that threatens to overwhelm the country's hospitals.
All schools and non-essential shops will shut for four weeks, and a curfew will maintain place from 19:00 to 06:00.
On Friday, the number of seriously ill Covid patients in intensive care units (ICU) increased by 145 - the biggest jump in five months.
President Emmanuel Macron has promised additional hospital beds for Covid patients.
France happens to be battling a peak of about 5,000 Covid patients found in ICUs. On Friday, the united states recorded 46,677 brand-new cases and 304 deaths.
Plus the restrictions that came into force in Saturday, from Tuesday persons will also desire a valid reason to travel a lot more than 10 km (six miles) from their homes.
President Macron had hoped to hold France's coronavirus case in order without having to impose another lockdown.
However, the country has got struggled with an EU-wide delay in the vaccine rollout, and also several fresh strains of the virus.
