Wearing masks even outdoors will be mandatory in Paris starting on Friday, French authorities have announced, as the country struggles to come to grips with an Omicron surge. France is leading Europe…
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- People wearing face masks walk on the Palais Royal grounds in Paris on January 16, 2021Wearing masks even outdoors will be mandatory in Paris starting on Friday, French authorities have announced, as the country struggles to come to grips with an Omicron surge.
- France is leading Europe in new infections, with a record 208,000 new cases confirmed over the previous 24 hours on Wednesday.
- Advertising Read moreThat figure was preceded by a previous daily record of 180,000 new cases on Tuesday.
- “I wouldn’t call Omicron a wave anymore, I would call it a tidal wave,” French Health Minister Olivier Véran told lawmakers on Wednesday.
- The previous US record was 250,000 cases per day, set in mid-January.