COVID-19 pandemic triggers indefinite closure of Eiffel Tower in Paris

[Miaou 39,013]

"The global outbreak of a novel coronavirus has triggered the closure of one of the world's most iconic landmarks -- the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

La Tour Eiffel, the company that runs the Eiffel Tower, tweeted the announcement of the indefinite closure Friday.

"In the context of the #COVID19 outbreak and due to the government health measures announced today, the #EiffelTower closes today, from 9pm, for an indefinite period of time," the tweet said.

Tourists who apparently had pre-purchased tickets to tour the tower asked about securing refunds in the Twitter thread. It was not immediately clear how or if refunds would be granted.

The Eiffel Tower wasn't the only tourist destination in Paris adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Louvre was no longer taking cash because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The world's most-visited museum shifted to card-only payments as part of measures that helped persuade employees worried about getting sick to return to work on March 4. Louvre workers who guard Leonardo da Vinci's “Mona Lisa” and other masterpieces walked off the job March 1, fearful of being contaminated by the museum’s flow of tourists from around the world.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced in a tweet on Friday that an extraordinary summit of G7 leaders would be held Monday by videoconference to coordinate efforts on a vaccine and treatment of the COVID-19 virus, and "work on an economic and financial response."

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/covid-19-pandemic-triggers-indefinite-closure-of-eiffel-tower-in-paris

 

3 661 cases (+800 cases in the last 24 hours) in France I- 

[River 127,481]

And Macron still acts like it's not that serious

[Tayko 1,203]

26 minutes ago, River said:

And Macron still acts like it's not that serious

Tbh he can't do more , every single event with more than a 100 people are cancelled for the next month and all the schools are closed our hospital are ready for the pandemic we need to wait and see now , we can't totally lock the country it make no sense anymore.

 

Edit : I just realise there can be a hundred people in a room and 99 don't have the coronavirus but just one does 

[GANGIE 5,430]

He did all good..... But just too late