Less than 6% of the French population will have been infected with COVID-19 by the time the lockdown is scheduled to be lifted, scientists from the Institut Pasteur have found, warning that the figure is too low to "avoid a second wave" if all control measures are released at the same time.
According to the study released on Monday, the strict lockdown measures introduced in France on March 17 have had a "massive impact" on the spread of the pandemic, resulting in an 84% reduction in