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French president Macron in a televised address with frankness and humility, the fourth for coronavirus, says the national lockdown will extend till May 11. As infected cases and deaths gradually level they are still very high.

His main point- "There is new hope but nothing is won at the moment... the epidemic is not under control."

"Were we prepared? No. Clearly not enough. There were failings, there was a lack of material."

"These are difficult days and we are now feeling afraid and anxious for our parents and ourselves."

In many ways he reflected the feeling in France, Britain and Spain, a sense of humility after the virus. 

"We have to reinvent ourselves, and me first of all... We are vulnerable. When can we hope for an end to this? I understand you have many questions and I would like to answer all of them. But I say in all humility, I don't have definitive answers today."