Work-from-home still highly recommended, French minister says

Working from home remains highly recommended, French employment minister Elisabeth Borne said on Friday, as President Emmanuel Macron's government battles to contain a likely second wave of the COVID-19 virus. "It remains a practice that is highly recommended," Borne told Sud Radio. On Thursday, France registered a record 10,593 new confirmed coronavirus in the previous 24 hours.

Working from home remains highly recommended, French employment minister Elisabeth Borne said on Friday, as President Emmanuel Macron's government battles to contain a likely second wave of the COVID-19 virus. "It remains a practice that is highly recommended," Borne told Sud Radio.

On Thursday, France registered a record 10,593 new confirmed coronavirus in the previous 24 hours. The death toll also rose by 50 to 31,095, the second-highest daily number of deaths in two months.