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Paris begins to implement mandatory outdoor mask wearing for people over the age of 11 years. This comes as France reports a substantial increase in new cases of the Omicron variant nationwide.
2021-12-31

Argentina reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in two people who travelled from Paris, as well as its first case of the Lineage B.1.351 variant in a person who travelled from Spain.
2021-05-10

Paris bans delivery and takeaway services for prepared food and alcohol between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. local time starting tomorrow in an attempt to stem the worsening spread of COVID-19.
2020-11-5

The Île-de-France region, which includes Paris, suffers a record traffic jam of a cumulative 706 km in the early evening as people attempted to leave the region or elsewhere before the second lockdown begins.
2020-10-29

President Emmanuel Macron announces a 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. local time curfew for the Île-de-France region that includes Paris, as well as Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Rouen, Saint-Étienne, and Toulouse starting October 17 for at least four weeks in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19 as the country declares another national state of health emergency after it expired on July 10.
2020-10-14

The regional government in Brussels declares that bars and cafes in the city will be forced to close for a month effective tomorrow, even if they only sell tea or coffee, after the Belgian capital overtook Paris in terms of infections per inhabitant.
2020-10-7

Prime Minister Jean Castex announces the mandatory wearing of face masks throughout Paris after officials released statistics indicating a resurgence of cases throughout the country.
2020-08-27

The government declares Paris and Marseilles as "active zones", or high-risk zones. The move allows local authorities in those designated areas to impose restrictions.
2020-08-14

The Republic of the Congo reports its first case of coronavirus, a 50-year-old man who arrived in the country on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Paris.
2020-03-15