France bans theater popcorn sales to thwart COVID
January 3, 2022
France is instituting a three-week ban on eating and drinking on public transportation, theaters and sporting venues as it seeks to curb the spread of COVID-19. A recent spike in cases and hospitalizations driven by the Omicron variant has put pressure on the country’s medical institutions.
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