Macron announces restaurants and bars to reopen in France on Monday, sooner than anticipated

Restaurants and bars will be permitted to reopen beginning Monday, and schools will resume the following Monday, June 22, President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday. The entirety of mainland France — including the city of Paris — will become a “green zone,” meaning officials believe the city has a low number of active COVID-19 cases and can begin to reopen closed businesses.   But Paris and the city’s surrounding region were expected to remain in the “orange zone” until June 22, a designation that depicted areas showing improvements but not ready to relax restrictions entirely. France will also reopen its