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Medical staff members watch French Prime Minister Jean Castex on TV as he addresses the nation about the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak and the lockdown restrictions, at the Clinique de l'Estree - ELSAN private hospital in Stains, near Paris, France, March 18, 2021. Reuters/Benoit Tessier
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Paris goes into lockdown as Covid-19 variant rampages

“The epidemic is getting worse. Our responsibility now is to not let it escape our control,” Castex told a news conference

FILE PHOTO: French Prime Minister Jean Castex speaks during a press conference on the French government's current strategy for the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Paris, France March 4, 2021. Alain Jocard/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Covid-19 situation in Paris area extremely tense: French PM

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the deserted Butte Montmartre and the Sacre-Coeur Basilica, during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Paris, France April 4, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
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Paris cuts non-Covid treatment amid intensive care surge

A man wearing a face mask listens to the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral's great bell ringing, as a mark of the building's resilience one year after a devastating fire, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, France April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
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Paris to close its historical bird market

Harsh V Shringla, foreign secretary of India. Sketch: TBS
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Moving beyond Paris, India steps up its climate ambitions

Next year's Paris Airshow cancelled amid coronavirus crisis
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Next year's Paris Airshow cancelled amid coronavirus crisis

If it were not for his room at the hotel, Ibrahim, an asylum seeker from the West African country of Mali, would be bedding down in the restaurant kitchens where he picks up occasional work, or failing that, outdoors Photo: Reuters
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Pandemic silver lining: empty Paris hotel shelters the homeless

Demonstrators hold up placards in front the Eiffel Tower during a protest against a bill that would make it a crime to circulate an image of a police officer's face, at Trocadero square, in Paris, France, November 21, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
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Thousands protest against French bill to curb identification of police

Paris boulevards deserted as lockdown claims Christmas shopping trade
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Paris boulevards deserted as lockdown claims Christmas shopping trade

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the deserted Butte Montmartre and the Sacre-Coeur Basilica, during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Paris, France April 4, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
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Paris bars to close as French capital placed on maximum Covid alert

Every person in the world desires to visit the Eiffel Tower. The iconic structure was reopened for tourists after remaining closed for 80 days. Photo: Tareq Onu
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Paris during the pandemic

A man carrying his belongings walks on the Pont des Arts in Paris after French President ordered stringent restrictions on people's movement to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), France, March 17, 2020. Reuters/Christian Hartmann
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Masks to be mandatory in Paris from Friday morning 8 am - media

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the deserted Butte Montmartre and the Sacre-Coeur Basilica, during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Paris, France April 4, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
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French govt. decree: Paris is 'red' high-risk Covid zone again