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Lockdown in Paris: Day 7

It's been a full week since the beginning of the lockdown, and adjustments are still being made in the rules and how the rules are enforced. The only trouble I've been getting into this week is in my kitchen.

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Lockdown in Paris: Day 6

Despite the rising number of infections and deaths due to Covid-19 in France -- especially in the Ile-de-France -- Parisians are not so easy to corral, so the government is preempting all irresponsible behavior before the weekend.

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Lockdown in Paris: Day 5

It was a beautiful day in Paris, sunny and almost warm. At lunch I went for a run around the neighborhood and couldn’t help but notice half of the city seemed out for a run as well, since it’s one of the few activities allowed outside the home these days.

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Lockdown in Paris: Day 4

Yesterday the police were just giving people verbal warnings if they were caught walking or driving around without the required attestation. Now they’re starting to fine everyone -- €135 -- who doesn’t have it. They stopped over 10k people in Paris in the...

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Lockdown in Paris: Day 3

Last night President Macron announced new measures to combat the spread of Coronavirus by ordering everyone to stay in their homes for 15 days (minimum). This morning the government described how this would be enforced.

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Lockdown in Paris: Day 2

So after the government closed all of the non-essential businesses and cafés, movie theatres and restaurants on Saturday at midnight, the French decided to simply go for picnics with their friends and family in the parks and along the canals. #Restezchezvous...

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Lockdown in Paris: Day 1

Yesterday I was walking around my neighborhood in the 13th to get a bit of fresh air, and was quite surprised to still see all of the shops, cafés and cinemas full (even if the latter announced a limit of 99 seats in each screening). There was even another...