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PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals.<\/p>

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With the death toll nearing 100,000, intensive care units in the hardest-hit regions at breaking point and a slower-than-planned vaccine rollout, Macron was forced to abandon his goal of keeping the country open to protect the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will lose control if we do not move now,\u201d the president said in a televised address to the nation.<\/p>\n

His announcement means that movement restrictions already in place for more than a week in Paris, and some northern and southern regions, will now apply to the whole country for at least a month, from Saturday.<\/p>\n

Departing from his pledge to safeguard education from the pandemic, Macron said schools will close for three weeks after this weekend.<\/p>\n

Macron, 43, has sought to avoid a third large-scale lockdown since the start of the year, betting that if he could steer France out of the pandemic without locking the country down again he would give the economy a chance to recover from last year\u2019s slump.<\/p>\n

But the former investment banker\u2019s options narrowed as more contagious strains of the coronavirus swept across France and much of Europe.<\/p>\n

For school-children after this weekend, learning will be done remotely for a week, after which all schools go on a two-week holiday. Thereafter, nursery and primary pupils will return to school while middle and high school pupils continue distance learning for an extra week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the best solution to slow down the virus,\u201d Macron said, adding that France had succeeded in keeping its schools open for longer during the pandemic than many neighbours.<\/p>\n

Daily new infections in France have doubled since February to nearly 40,000. The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care has breached 5,000, exceeding the peak hit during a six-week-long lockdown late last year.<\/p>\n

Bed capacity in critical care units will be increased to 10,000, Macron said.<\/p>\n

The new restrictions risk slowing the pace of recovery in the euro zone\u2019s second-largest economy from last year\u2019s slump.<\/p>\n

Macron said the vaccine rollout needed to be accelerated. It is only now finding its stride three months in, with just 12% of the population inoculated.<\/p>\n

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