France offers hotel rooms to domestic abuse victims as cases jump during lockdown

Apr 1, 2020

A member of the medical staff, wearing protective suit and face mask, works at an emergency COVID-19 center inside a gymnasium in Champigny-sur-Marne near Paris as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in France, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes - RC21VF9VD6Z6

France has been under lockdown since 17 March. Image: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

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