France has announced how the coronavirus lockdown will end in the coming weeks - with the Prime Minister saying the country must "learn to live" with the virus.
Secondary schools will reopen on May 18 with masks being compulsory for all students.
Shops will also be allowed to open their doors once again but pubs and restaurants will remain closed.
However football won't be allowed to resume this season and gatherings of more than 10 people indoors or outdoors will remain banned.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus has saved tens of thousands of lives but that it was time to ease the restrictions to stave off economic collapse.
The death toll in France passed 23,000 on Monday, the world's fourth highest behind the United States, Italy and Spain.
But the government is now looking to take advantage of falling infection rates to rescue a free-falling economy, though Philippe said the French people would have to adapt to a new way of living.
"We are going to have to learn to live with the virus," Philippe told parliament on Tuesday as he began outlining measures to gradually ease the lockdown.
"We must learn to live with COVID-19 and to protect ourselves from it."
The lockdown will be lifted on May 11 if he number of new cases of coronavirus infection drops below 3,000 per day, Mr Philippe told parliament on Tuesday.
"The lockdown being lifted on May 11 depends on new cases dropping below 3,000 a day ... If the indicators are bad, the lockdown will not be lifted on May 11," Philippe said.
He also announced that pupils will have to wear masks when they return to school, with classes potentially restarting on May 18.
Non-essential French retailers, as well as small museums, can re-open their doors from May 11, but they will have the right to insist that shoppers wear masks on the premise.
He said that services on the Paris metro would be increased to allow people to commute to work while observing social distancing.
"If the indicators are not right, we will not unwind the lockdown on May 11, or we will do it more strictly," he said.
By then, France would have the capacity to conduct 700,000 tests per week, the prime minister continued. The state would cover the full cost of testing.
Philippe's address will be followed by a debate and vote in the evening, with just 75 of the National Assembly's 577 lawmakers sitting in the chamber to respect social distancing rules.
