The French government has warned that young people are neglecting to wear face masksThe government is expected to delay a decision over whether to introduce quarantine measures for people returning from France despite a surge in the number of infections. France has recorded 2,524 new coronavirus cases, the highest number since it went into lockdown and a big increase on the 1,397 announced on Tuesday. Jean Castex, the French prime minister, has said that coronavirus in France is “going the wrong way”. The government is expected to introduce quarantine measures for travellers returning from the Netherlands and Malta. There were 30.4 cases of coronavirus per 100,000 people in France in the two

Source: The Times August 13, 2020 11:03 UTC