The Eiffel Tower welcomed back visitors on Thursday after a three-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, amid strict hygiene and safety measures.
The outbreak forced the Paris landmark to entre into its longest period out of action since World War Two.
Visitors reportedly can gain access to the 324 meters high (1,062 feet) tower only by staircases, until early July, due to the elevators being off-limits for now due to safety considerations.
Furthermore, visitors will not be allowed to go any higher than the second floor, with anyone over the age of 11 is required to wear a face mask.
Managers expressed their hopes that its operations will get fully back to normal later in the summer.
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Early June, France’s head of the government’s scientific advisory council, Jean-François Delfraissy, revealed that the Covid-19 pandemic is now “under control” in his country.
“The virus is still circulating, in certain regions in particular… but it is circulating slowly,” he told France Inter radio.
The virus was confirmed to have reached France on January 24, 2020, with the first confirmed coronavirus case in both Europe and France was reported in Bordeaux.
More about coronavirus
It is worth mentioning that the novel coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China, and has infected more than one million people and killed over 234,139 worldwide. It also hit several celebrities and top political figures around the world.
The virus is a new member of the Coronaviruses group, which was never identified in humans. The viruses’ family also includes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV), which cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases.
Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Humans and animals such as mammals and birds can be affected by the disease.
The name coronavirus is derived from the Latin corona, meaning “crown” or “halo”.
On February 11, WHO announced the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19, taken from the words “corona”, “virus” and “disease”.
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In December 2019, an outbreak was reported in Wuhan, China. On 31 December 2019, the outbreak was traced to a novel strain of Covid-19, which was given the interim name 2019-nCoV by the World Health Organization (WHO), it was later renamed SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.
On March 11, WHO declared the virus a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 800,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
Transmission of viruses between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.
The virus can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.
It is known that older people appear to be more vulnerable to the effects of the emerging virus.
The virus caused complete paralysis in all activities and events with large gatherings worldwide due to concerns over the spread of the virus.
The pandemic also shut down the production of many TV shows, movies, music concerts, film, and music festivals, around the globe.
People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.
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