PARIS (AP) — France is easing mandatory mask-wearing outdoors and will halt an 8-month nightly coronavirus curfew on June 20. The surprise announcement Wednesday by French Prime Minister Jean Castex comes as France is now registering about 3,900 daily virus cases on average, down from 35,000 in the March-April peak. Castex welcomed the “very good news” and said the curfew will be lifted on Sunday, 10 days earlier than expected. Over 58% of France’s adult population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose. On Tuesday, vaccinations opened to those 12 to 18.
