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April is beat-Covid month in France as hospitalizations and infections have hit critical highs again. French President Emmanuel Macron has just announced an extension of the lockdown already in place in the Alpes Maritimes, Paris and 17 other departments to the whole of France.

Lockdown From April 3rd

The whole of France will be placed under a limited lockdown for four weeks from Saturday April 3rd. If the lockdown succeeds in reducing the infection rate and the pressure on hospitals, it is planned to end on May 2nd. Note however that restrictions have often been extended beyond the initially planned end dates.

It is a relatively flexible lockdown but the rules have been tightened somewhat.

There will be closure of certain non-essential shops (hairdressers, bookshops and music shops can remain open though) and there are stricter limits on interregional travel.

And as expected schools are to be closed.

Going Out Within 10 kms

There will be no attestation to move around during the day within a limit of 10km for these reasons:
Physical exercise, walking, walking the dog (within 10 km of your home)
Shopping for basic necessities, or to pick up ordered goods
Accompanying children to school or out-of-school activities
Visiting a cultural establishment (libraries and media libraries) or a place of worship
Attending to administrative or legal formalities.

Curfew

There is a 7pm to 6am curfew.

Interregional Travel

For travelling outside a department an attestation is required stating one or more of the following reasons:
For work, education and training, general interest missions
Health reasons (consultations and care/treatment)
Compelling family reasons, to help vulnerable or needy persons, or for childcare
Transporting people with disabilities and their carers
Judicial or administrative summons
Moving home

Transit travel to stations and airports

According to the attestation those living close to the border of their department are allowed to travel up to 30km from their home for the above reasons.

Flexibility at Easter

President Emmanuel Macron announced that the rules on regional travel would be relaxed over Easter weekend and to allow people to change their place of residence for the duration of the new restrictions.
Remote Work Emphasized

Everyone who can should work from home, although there is still an exemption for one day a week of work in the workplace for people who feel their mental health is being affected by 100 percent home-working.

School Closures

Monday, April 5th – School premises to close with a week of distance learning for infant, primary, secondary and high schools.

Monday, April 12th – The start of the two-week Easter holiday for all schools, across all areas of France

Monday, April 26th – Return of infant and primary (maternelles and primaires) classes – secondary and high schools to continue with distance learning

Monday, May 3rd – secondary and high schools return to classes.

University students on the other hand will be allowed to attend classes one day a week.

MUMIFICIRANI ostaci 22 drevnih egipatskih kraljeva i kraljica bit će u subotu preneseni u veličanstvenoj procesiji ulicama Kaira do svojeg novog počivališta.

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Posmrtni ostaci 18 kraljeva i četiri kraljice bit će, poredani po starosti, preneseni na odvojenim platformama ukrašenima u drevnom egipatskom stilu u procesiji nazvanoj "Zlatna povorka faraona".

Posmrtni ostaci sele se iz Egipatskog muzeja u središtu Kaira, gdje su boravili desetljećima, u Nacionalni muzej egipatske civilizacije, otvoren 2017. na jugu grada.

Ondje će biti smješteni u "malo modernijim vitrinama", rekla je Salima Ikram, profesorica egiptologije na Američkom sveučilištu u Kairu.

"Kontrola temperature i vlažnosti bit će bolja nego u starom muzeju", dodala je Ikram, stručnjakinja za mumificiranje.

Faraoni i kraljice na put će u zlatnim kočijama, svatko u svojoj. Svaka će kočija imati amortizere kako bi što sigurnije prešla četrdesetak minuta dug put kroz Kairo.

Sekenenre Tao II. zvan Hrabri, koji je vladao južnim Egiptom otprilike 1600 godina prije Krista, bit će u prvoj kočiji, dok će na začelju biti Ramzes IX., koji je vladao u 12. stoljeću prije Krista.

Ramzes II. i kraljica Hatšepsut također će biti u povorci.

Procesija će početi u 18 sati po mjesnom vremenu u subotu i imat će veliko osiguranje. Bit će popraćena glazbom i nastupima egipatskih umjetnika, a sve će uživo prenositi državna televizija.
Princeza Margaret bila užasnuta

Otkrivene nedaleko od Luksora počevši od 1881., većina od 22 mumije bile su izložene od početka 20. stoljeća u Egipatskom muzeju na Trgu Tahriru.

Od 1950-ih izložene su u maloj sobi, jedna pored druge, bez oznaka s objašnjenjima.

Prije selidbe mumije će biti stavljene u posebne kontejnere s dušikom, u uvjete slične onima u njihovim izložbenim vitrinama.

U svojem novom domu bit će izložene odvojeno, svaka pored sarkofaga, a u nekim slučajevima i kipa, u okruženju koje podsjeća na podzemne kraljevske grobnice.

Izlošci će imati kratke oznake s biografijom vladara i u nekim slučajevima kopijama CT snimki.

"Mumije će prvi put biti izložene na lijep način, u obrazovne svrhe", rekao je egiptolog Zahi Hawass.

Sablastan izgled mumija desetljećima je odbijao mnoge posjetitelje.

Među najistaknutijima je princeza Margareta, sestra britanske kraljice Elizabete II.

"Nikada neću zaboraviti kada sam odveo Margaret u muzej", rekao je Hawass, bivši ministar za antikvitete.

"U galeriji je bila mumija Ramzesa II... Zatvorila je oči i pobjegla, nije mogla podnijeti što je vidjela."

Nacionalni muzej egipatske civilizacije završen je 2010., a "ja sam ga planirao otvoriti 2012.", rekao je Hawass. To je otpalo zbog revolucije 2011. i nestabilnosti koja je slijedila.
Faraonova kletva

U mjesecima koji slijede Egipat bi trebao otvoriti još jedan muzej, Veliki egipatski muzej, nedaleko od piramida u Gizi.

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