Paris again banned public drinking this weekend in response to the record-breaking heatwave engulfing parts of Europe. First responders and hospitals are already fighting a weather-induced influx of patients, Paris police chief Patrice Faure says, and the drinking ban is a move to prevent further hospitalizations, according to The New York Times.
The ban on drinking takeaway alcohol in public began at noon Central Europe Time today and will end at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. It will be in place for the same timeframe from Saturday to Sunday. A separate prohibition on the sale or purchase of takeaway alcohol will also be in place from 6 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday, with the ban in effect during the same hours from Saturday into Sunday. Drinking or selling alcohol at bars and restaurants will continue as normal. Paris’s ban on drinking comes as France gears up to face Norway in the World Cup today.
