Urgent: France to extend nighttime curfews to more regions: PM

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PARIS, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Curfews to contain the spread of COVID-19 will be extended to 38 more regions in mainland France and overseas territory Polynesia, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday.

In these regions, curfews from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. will take effect from Friday midnight and last six weeks, said Castex at a press conference.

"The situation is grave in France. The circulation of the virus is extremely alarming," he said, adding that the incidence rate was now 251 per 100,000 inhabitants over the last seven days, an increase of 40 percent.

Since early Saturday (Oct. 17), curfews between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. have been in place in the Greater Paris region and in eight major cities in France. Enditem

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