Paris is empty. All touristic places are empty, streets are empty, shops are closed, and no one are authorized to go outside.
The police are carrying out checks in the capital, such as on the Champs-Elysées and at the Trocadero. A certificate of honour is now compulsory for every trip.
The government has asked all French people to stay home to slow the spread of covid-19 and save lives.
And that should still last, because planned for “at least 15 days”, this confinement which upsets the daily life of each Frenchman is well on the way to being extended. At least that is what Geneviève Chêne, the director general of Public Health France told Franceinfo this Thursday morning.
