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France Public Transport Reopens With Precautions in Place

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   Public transport reopened Mondayin France, with still some restrictions
   in place, especially for travel.

   Althougha number oflockdown measures, enforced since March 17, were
   lifted, the situation isgoing to beis reassessed in early June.

   Meanwhile, people are required to wear masks on public transport and
   operators must ensure social distancingis observed.

   However,residents no longer need to fill out special permission slips
   to leave the house.

   Some small businesseswere also allowed to resumeactivity on Monday,
   such as shops, hair salons and some others.

   According todata collected byJohn Hopkins Universityin the United
   States,France has recorded over 177,000 casesof infection with the
   coronavirusand more than 26,000 deaths.

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