Weekend lockdown in Paris region may not be enough, says hospital executive

PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - Enforcing a weekend lockdown in the greater Paris region may not be enough to rein in the coronavirus there, an executive at the AP-HP Paris hospitals organisation, Remi Salomon, said on Wednesday.

Salomon, who heads the group's medical committee, also told BFM TV the currently suspended AstraZeneca AZN.L COVID-19 vaccine was as efficient as the Pfizer PFE.N one.

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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