The French cities of Lyon, Lille, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne will go on maximum coronavirus alert level from next Saturday, Reuters cited French Health Minister Olivier Veran as saying today, on Thursday. Paris and Marseille were put on maximum alert earlier, which led to the closure of bars in those cities. Veran said the situation in Toulouse and Montpellier was also worrying and that those cities could also be moved to the maximum COVID-19 alert level from early next week.