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Virus voting: France holds local elections despite fears

by Associated Press
| March 16, 2020 12:05 AM

PARIS (AP) — French voters went to the polls Sunday to choose mayors and other local leaders but the second round of the vote was put into question amid concerns over low turnout and the rapid spread of the new coronavirus across the country.

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