Edit/ Seham Abedin

France expressed that it might resort to relaxing the embargo on 19 May and repeal it on 30 June

According to a well-known source, the French government will begin, from 19 May, to ease the curfew imposed to combat the Cofid-19 pandemic.

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to make a declaration at a later date.

According to the French source, Macron told local newspapers in an interview that the night curfew period

It will be reduced from 19 May to 9 p.m. local time, instead of 7 p.m., and will start at 11 p.m. from 9 June, with curfew lifted altogether on 30 June.

This evening's interview with Macron is scheduled to be published.

The source indicated that 19 May will also see restaurants, cafes and bars allowed to open open customer reception areas, and that museums, cinemas and theaters will be allowed to return to work.

The source added that foreign tourists with a "healthy passport" will be allowed from June 9 to visit France.