There is a high risk of spreading coronavirus in several regions of France. Authorities have declared Paris and the Bouches-du-Rhone district around Marseilles a red zone on the Mediterranean coast.
The decree allows local authorities to restrict the movement of citizens and transport, both by land and by air, close facilities in the high-risk zone of the virus and prohibit gathering in public places. The French government decided after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases over the past two weeks.