Prognosis
French Cases Stuck at More Than 400,000 Before Easing of Covid Rules
A pop-up Covid-19 testing tent being set up near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, on Jan. 12.
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France reported more than 400,000 Covid-19 cases for the fourth day in a row, less than two weeks before pandemic restrictions are scheduled to ease.
French leaders are betting that infections will recede, in part due to restricting most social activities -- from eating in a restaurant to taking a train -- to fully vaccinated people. The measure, scheduled to take effect Monday, won backing from France’s constitutional court on Friday.