Outdoor bars to be open in days, as France proceeds with easing Covid restrictions amid falling intensive care cases

France’s health minister

France’s health minister, Olivier Veran, has confirmed that the nation will proceed with the next step of Covid lockdown easing on May 19, allowing outdoor bars and restaurants to reopen, as intensive care cases fall.

Speaking on LCI television, the French official declared that “the prospects look rather good” as the nation emerges from a lockdown imposed amid rising case numbers, but he warned that “we must not let down the guard.”

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