France prepares plan to re-impose lockdown if coronavirus cases spike

France is less than a week away from beginning to lift its strict, nationwide lockdown on May 11th. The government has stressed repeatedly that this easing of restrictions will depend on the development of the epidemic curve, and has not excluded postponing the whole process to a later date if necessary. “If, as we approach May 11th, the number of daily new cases is not what we predicted, we will pay the consequences,' Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said as he presented the government's plan to lift the lockdown last week.