Lockdown in France will last as long as ‘it needs to’ as peak of pandemic not yet reached – French health minister

France's health minister

France’s health minister has said it is far too early to discuss easing the strict nationwide lockdown as the deadly Covid-19 pandemic still has not reached its peak in the country.

“We are not at the peak of the epidemic yet… We are still at the aggravation phase,” Health Minister Olivier Veran said in an interview with BFM TV on Tuesday.

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