France is extending by two weeks until at least the 15 April its stay-at-home order for all people to curtail the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, said on Friday.
President Emmanuel Macron had ordered people in France to stay at home from 17 March for two weeks for all but essential tasks.
But the scale of the epidemic in the country had made it inevitable that the lockdown would be extended. "In agreement with the president, today I'm announcing the renewal of the confinement period for two more weeks," Philippe said at the Elysee presidential palace. "Obviously this period will be extended again if conditions require it," he added.
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