A student of the Emile Dubois high school takes part to a COVID-19 antigen test in Paris, Monday Nov. 23, 2020.
Experts said they are less accurate than the standard PCR test, which detects even the tiniest genetic trace of the virus.
President Emmanuel Macron laid out new rules Tuesday in France’s virus strategy, after imposing nationwide restrictions last month as virus infections, hospitalizations and deaths surged around Europe.
“The peak of the second wave is over,” Macron announced in a televised address to the nation.
The situation remains tense, however, with hundreds of virus-related deaths per day, so the cautious emergence from the lockdown reflects that.