President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals.
Le Maire reiterated that the new lockdown measures would force the temporary closure of 150,000 businesses at a cost of 11 billion euros per month. France reported more than 50,000 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday and 308 deaths, while the number of people in intensive care units rose to 5,109.
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