COVID-19: France mandates masks for public transport and high schools 

France will start to ease its lockdown for coronavirus and return to normality on May 11 as shops, markets and schools will gradually reopen from that day.

Along with the reopen, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said in parliament on Tuesday that masks will be mandatory on public transport and high school students will also be required to wear masks. 

As of Wednesday, France has reported more than 169,000 cases of COVID-19 and 23,694 deaths in the country. 

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