Spending August by the beach or in the countryside is a summer holiday tradition for thousands of people in France.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that public health officials are warning that COVID-19 is still a major risk as people head to their cars, railway stations or airports to travel.

France is monitoring clusters of COVID-19 in the Mayenne region in the west of the country and has recently tightened measures including making face masks compulsory in indoor public places.

But the national travel restrictions imposed in March in response to the pandemic have been lifted and some passengers in Paris are not overly concerned about the risks.