Parisians banned from outdoor sports between 10am and 7pm

A lone jogger, wearing a protective face mask, runs with her dog in the Tuileries Garden in Paris as lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread in France, March 23, 2020. [REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo]

French authorities tightened their lockdown measures in the capital on Tuesday by banning Parisians from outdoors sports activity between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. local time, aiming to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.

The move came after many French politicians and doctors expressed dismay at the fact that the streets of Paris still feature people jogging or congregating near markets, despite government orders to get people to stay in as much as possible.