France’s coronavirus toll falls as lockdown is eased

A month after the eight-week lockdown in France ended, life has returned to normalcy. There have been no rise in cases reported in the country, with the number of additional deaths down to its lowest figure since March.

As the country has only just recovered from the pandemic, the fact remains that the forthcoming economic emergency is yet to be addressed with an iron clad plan to put the country back on its feet. Businesses all over France have reopened, holding the social distancing norms strictly in place. France had a huge shortage of masks in the peak of its pandemic effect, although now, there is a surplus supply of cloth masks, which is being unused because of the usage of disposable masks by most corporations.

Announcing the second phase of the lifting of restrictions at the end of last month, three weeks after the end of lockdown, the Prime Minister, Édouard Philippe, said the health figures were better than hoped for. French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to address the country on Sunday.

France has had an estimated 29,319 deaths due to Covid-19, while, over 72,000 people who were diagnosed coronavirus positive have been cured and discharged from the hospitals.