French people have been told to stop kissing each other on the cheek to stop coronavirus spreading
France has told its citizens to stop kissing each other on the cheek in a bid to halt the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus across the country.
"The reduction in social contacts of a physical nature is advised," Véran said at a media briefing in Paris."That includes the practice of the bise. The virus is circulating in our territory and we must now slow down its spread." "These measures are temporary and we will likely have to revise them," Véran said."They are restrictive and paradoxically we hope they don't last long because that means we will have contained the virus' spread."
In the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday was expected to chair an emergency meeting of senior ministers and officials as his government prepared for a coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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