France says coronavirus crisis easing, but far from over
FILE PHOTO: French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe looks on during a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris, France April 7, 2020. Alain Jocard/Pool via REUTERS
PARIS - The coronavirus situation in France is improving “slowly but surely”, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Sunday, while warning that the health crisis was far from over. Philippe said there were signals that pressures on hospitals were easing, after the number of people in intensive care dropped for several days in a row.
France, which has recorded close to 20,000 deaths as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, has been in virtual lockdown for nearly five weeks, but is due to start easing some confinement measures from May 11. Philippe said that an economic crisis was only just starting as a result of the outbreak, adding that it would be “brutal”.
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