France will impose a nightly curfew starting on Saturday on almost 20 million of the country’s 67 million people in an attempt to curb a resurgent coronavirus. Like other European leaders, French President Emmanuel Macron is hoping to avoid blanket nationwide lockdowns at all costs. But is that the right course of action? Host Marco Werman speaks with a veteran French epidemiologist, Catherine Hill.
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