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France May Face 5,000 More Virus Deaths This Month, Researchers Say

Travelers pass through Chatelet-Les-Halles metro station in Paris, on May 12.Photographer: Christophe Morin/Bloomberg

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By Marthe Fourcade

May 13, 2020 at 9:51 AM UTC

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France’s tentative exit from lockdown will probably allow coronavirus infections to rebound, leading to more than 150,000 new cases and 5,000 deaths this month, according to researchers at the business school Insead.