FRANCE-HEALTH-VIRUS-POLITICS

French Prime Minister Jean Castex speaks during a press conference on the measures of a new coronavirus lockdown taken to curb the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus, at the Hotel de Matignon in Paris, on October 29, 2020. – President Emmanuel Macron announced on October 28, 2020 a new coronavirus lockdown until at least December 1, hoping to bring under control an outbreak that is poised to overwhelm hospitals in a matter of days. He admitted that a curfew for Paris and other major cities imposed two weeks ago had failed to stop a second wave of cases that has sent the death toll in France to nearly 35,000. (Photo by Ian LANGSDON / POOL / AFP)