{"id":6781,"date":"2021-04-01T16:47:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T11:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=6781"},"modified":"2021-04-01T16:47:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T11:02:52","slug":"frances-macron-orders-limited-national-lockdown-school-closure-to-contain-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=6781","title":{"rendered":"France&#8217;s Macron orders limited national lockdown, school closure to contain epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PARIS &#8211;<\/strong> French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday the &#8220;reinforced braking&#8221; measures will be extended to the whole country to stem a third wave of COVID-19 and schools will be closed for three weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The rules in force in 19 departments under reinforced surveillance will be extended to the whole of France, starting from Saturday evening and for a period of four weeks,&#8221; 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