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France Eyes Lockdown as Last Resort in Europe’s Virus Fight
- German leaders quarrel over measures to contain Covid-19
- Europe struggles to chart a path amid renewed outbreaks
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France is ready to institute a new national lockdown as a last resort as Europe grapples with how to contain the resurgent coronavirus.
Plans to restrict movement are ready, but the country will do everything possible to avoid measures that clobbered the economy in the second quarter, France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday.