Paris, August 15 (RHC)-- France's capital, Paris, is expanding the areas of the city where pedestrians will be obliged to wear masks beginning this weekend.
The Champs-Elysees Avenue and the area around the Louvre Museum are among zones where masks will be mandatory, and police checks ensuring respect for mask-wearing in designated areas are to be reinforced.
Bars and restaurants could be ordered closed if distancing and other barriers to virus transmission are not respected, health officials said.
