France is cracking down on travel with checks at train stations, airports and motorway tolls increasing to combat a third wave of soaring coronavirus infections AFP/Ludovic MARINPARIS: The French government announced increased police checks on Friday to enforce travel restrictions in place in Paris and several other regions as coronavirus cases continue to soar around the country.
Daily cases in France have nearly doubled since the start of the month, reaching over 45,000 on Thursday, with the number of people in intensive care in hospital now nearly the same level as during the second wave in November. "These coming weeks will be difficult. We'll take effective measures at the right time and to my mind there are no taboos," Macron said, appearing not to rule out another national lockdown if necessary.
Last Thursday, the government announced new curbs for Paris as well as regions in the north and southeast that have led to non-essential shops close and the travel restrictions.Prime Minister Jean Castex called it a"third way".