Parisians gather at midnight for drink as France reopens in second phase

Bars, restaurants and cafes were opened across France after 11 weeks of Covid-19 lockdown. However in Paris - where the virus has been more prevalent - seating will be permitted on outside terraces only. People visited parks and gardens which were reopened over the weekend and now eating and drinking establishments have been reopened in the second phase of a step-by-step lifting of lockdown.

Parisians gather at midnight for drink as France reopens in second phase

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