France to focus on face masks as it plans €100bn stimulus package           

Newly named Prime Minister Jean Castex arrives for the hand over ceremony at the Prime Minister residence in Paris, Friday, July 3, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named Jean Castex, who coordinated France's virus reopening strategy, as the country's new prime minister as the country focuses on reviving an economy hard-hit by the pandemic and months of strict lockdown.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France will not let its guard down against a still-virulent coronavirus but life must return to some kind of normality, the prime minister said, as a senior adviser to the government warned of a second wave in November.

Prime Minister Jean Castex said his government wanted to ensure the French could return to school, get back to work and enjoy a social life “as normally as possible”.