Macron's Covid-19 crisis

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French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a new national lockdown as hospitals struggle to cope with a third wave of coronavirus infections. Non-essential shops will close along with schools - a measure previously seen as a last resort. Ros Atkins considers how the situation got so bad, the role of vaccine scepticism and the leadership of President Macron. (PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron talks to the press after a meeting with Libya's interim leaders in Paris on March 23, 2021. Credit: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier)