Coronavirus and the Ireland-France match: desperate for police to arrest ‘Crona Veeroos’

Looking at the rapidly rising Covid-19 numbers in France, it’s easy to imagine the country is careering to national lockdown.

According to the latest figures, released on Sunday afternoon, 19 people have died, and there are 1,126 confirmed cases of the virus, an increase of 177 on the previous day. More than 300,000 children will stay at home today because schools, colleges, lycees and creches in two departments — the Haut-Rhin and the Oise — have been closed for two weeks.