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Paris on maximum virus alert, closing bars, not restaurants

by Associated Press
| October 5, 2020 6:03 AM

PARIS (AP) — French authorities placed the Paris region on maximum virus alert on Monday, banning festive gatherings and requiring all bars to close but allowing restaurants to remain open, as numbers of infections increased rapidly.

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