More French regions will have to impose curfew - government

Several more French departments are to enter red-alert status over the coronavirus pandemic, which means that they will have to impose curfews, the government said on Wednesday.

Spokesman Gabriel Attal also told a news conference that the government was proposing to extend a state of emergency to Feb. 16. This would mean it retained the power to extend curfews already in place in France's biggest cities, including Paris.