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Added on the 05/04/2021 12:06:24 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
In Rue Saint-Michel, a high street in France's western city of Rennes, restaurant and cafe terraces are packed on the first day of their reopening. After six months of life in slow motion, the French can once again enjoy a meal or a drink in outdoor dining areas, with a limit of 50% of capacity and six people per table. IMAGES
After almost seven months of a second national lockdown, thirsty Belgians gather on terraces in Brussels. Belgium was one of the hardest hit countries in the first wave of the epidemic last year, and locked down harder than some when the later surges hit. IMAGES
Terraces reopen on the Grande Place in Lille, marking the second phase of deconfinement in France, a long-awaited reopening by restaurateurs after more than two months of closure. IMAGES
French people head back to their beloved cafes and restaurants Tuesday after weeks cooped up in coronavirus confinement, marking a further step towards normality. But in Paris, where the coronavirus remains more active than in the rest of mainland France, cafes, bars and restaurants will be limited to outside terraces. IMAGES