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Paris bans public drinking as heatwave overwhelms hospitals

Le Monde (English) · Jun 25, 2026, 7:05 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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Paris will ban public drinking and takeaway alcohol sales from Friday, after the city's police chief said hospital capacity in the capital is nearing a breaking point and fire brigade call-outs had doubled to over 2,500 on Thursday alone.

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