How Europe's heatwave led to a ban on drinking in public in Paris

“We are reaching a saturation point in hospital facilities,” the head of Paris police warned on Thursday. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 As a result, Parisians will ⁠be temporarily banned ​from drinking alcohol in public as the city’s emergency services deal with an influx of heat-related hospitalisations. The ambulance service has reported more than four times more cardiac arrests than normal, including young people. The public drinking ban lasts from noon on Friday until 7am on Saturday, and will follow the same timing on Saturday night. It does not include restaurants and cafes with public seating areas. Takeaway alcohol sales will be banned from 6pm on Friday to 7am on Saturday, and again on Saturday. Paris has also banned the Pride event this weekend, for which hundreds of thousands of people were expected to line the streets. Police said it was too dangerous in the extreme heat. At least 48 people in France have died from drowning since the heatwave began, and at least three young children have been killed by heat in cars. #paris #heatwave #drinkingban #france #extremeheat #police