day 10

So Today I received this from the U.S. embassy:

Health Alert - U. S. Embassy Paris, France  (March 25, 2020)

Event: France has confirmed cases of COVID-19 throughout the country. U.S. citizens who live in the United States should arrange for immediate return home or be prepared to remain abroad for an indefinite period.  You should have a plan to depart from France that does not rely on U.S. government assistance.  Direct flights to the U.S. are available through Air France. Currently, there is one direct flight per day.  Book flights directly through Air France at https://www.airfrance.fr/en.  Flight availability is subject to further restrictions.

Curious I went on the Air France site to see what was available:

For some reason there are no flights next Monday or Tuesday.    There are still available flights but most of them go through Amsterdam and then New York. I found the one “direct flight” from Paris to New York.   The next available one is Friday the 27^th.  There were 7 seats left:

France has also gotten stricter regarding the lockdown.  Last time we went out all the benches were blocked off (this really upset my son for some reason).  My husband and daughter were checked by the police.  Now if you go outside you need to stay within one kilometer of where you live and it can be only for less than one hour.  Your self-declared document needs to include not only the date but the time as well. 

We went to pick up the groceries we ordered online and got about half of what we ordered.  We tried ordering for next week but instead of a long delay there are no more available pick up times.  We tried another grocery chain.  Again no available pick up times.  

The French president addressed the French pubic again thanking everyone for their efforts especially doctors and nurses and promising to recompense them for their efforts and injected much needed money into the hospitals.  Instead of addressing the public from the Élysée as he had before, he’s outdoors in front of the Military hospital constructed in Mulhouse to aid France’s most affected region.   

We watched the speech mostly to know if the lockdown will really end next week, or will it be till end of April as rumored.  The president said he will address this in the following days.