France bans gatherings of more than 5,000 due to coronavirus
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29 February, 2020, 09:10 pm
Last modified: 29 February, 2020, 09:13 pm
A general view shows an accommodation at a firefighter school, where people will be quarantined as preventive measure in light of the coronavirus outbreak in China, after their evacuation from Wuhan area, in Aix-en-Provence, near Marseille, France, February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier
The French government banned public gatherings with more than 5,000 people on Saturday due to the coronavirus outbreak as France reported 16 new cases.
"All public gatherings of more than 5,000 people in a confined space are temporarily banned across France," Health Minister Olivier Veran told journalists.
He also that the number of confirmed cases had risen to 73 and that there had been no new deaths.
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