The Eiffel Tower is preparing to welcome back visitors as lockdown restrictions are lifted in Paris —but visitors will have to climb it using the stairs.
Workers at the landmark have started preparations to re-open on June 25, after three months of shutdown, but the lifts will remain shut because of the risk of disease transmission, managers said.
Other safety measures include visitors over the age of 11 being required to wear a face covering.
There will also be a one-way system on the staircases, which will only be open to the second level. It has been the tower’s longest period of closure since the Second World War.
Thousands of people in Germany have been told to go into quarantine after a coronavirus outbreak at an abattoir.
More than 650 people have tested positive for the virus at the meat processing plant in Gütersloh, in the north-west of the country. Schools in the area have now been closed.
Operations at the site have been suspended since Wednesday afternoon. More than 1,000 workers have been tested so far, with thousands more still awaiting testing.
Turkish authorities have made face masks mandatory in the capital Ankara, as well as the cities of Istanbul and Bursa, following a surge in confirmed cases since the reopening of many businesses.
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez has announced the country will formally honour its 27,000 coronavirus victims on July 16 with a ceremony that will be attended by top EU and World Health Organisation figures.
