Chez L'Ami Jean has reopened in Paris with new outdoor seatings on a sidewalk. Vivian SongA garden pail filled with disposable hand wipes and huge bottles of hand sanitizer can be found atop every table at Paris bistro Chez L'Ami Jean. At the entrance of luxury department store Galeries Lafayette, security guards who double as hygiene inspectors pump generous dollops of sanitizer into the palms of shoppers' outstretched hands. And finally, on Thursday, the iron steps of the Eiffel Tower began to clang once again to the footfalls of visitors willing to climb up for a view over the city while the elevators remain out of action. Welcome to post-lockdown Paris, where the new normal is characterized by face masks, floor markings, plexiglass, and hand sanitizer.

Source: CNN June 25, 2020 03:56 UTC