France to make mask-wearing compulsory in all enclosed public places, says Macron

The French government will in next weeks make mask-wearing compulsory in all enclosed public places in order to contain the spread of coronavirus, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.

"We have signs that it (the virus) restarts a little," said Macron in a televised interview on the country's Bastille Day. He stressed the necessity to respect social distancing and reinforce testing capacity to contain the spread of the virus, while reassuring that "we are prepared" in case a second wave hits.