France will announce stricter local measures to try and contain the coronavirus epidemic on Thursday, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said.

“Additional measures will be taken in a certain number of territories,” Attal told reporters on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting. They will target the economically-important Paris region and the north of the country.
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Attal also said that France would swiftly resume the AstraZeneca vaccination campaign if the European Medicines Agency recommends it on Thursday.
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