France enters second Covid-19 lockdown as country’s cases surge

France entered its second lockdown Friday in a bid to stem the resurgent coronavirus pandemic with residents only allowed to leave their homes for food shopping, medical appointments, pressing family reasons and to commute to work when their jobs cannot be done from home. France's 65 million people were largely confined to their homes from Friday amid a surge in Covid-19 cases that has threatened to overwhelm French hospitals.The nationwide lockdown w