In this photo taken Thursday, March 26, 2020 Aurore Lejeune, a member of the Civil Protection service, checks a thermometer as she talks to a doctor on a talkie-wakie in Paris. Lejeune is in her 14th year volunteering for Civil Protection, but she says she hasn't encountered such high-risk situations in the past. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
March 29, 2020
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March 29, 2020 11:42 p.m.
AP PHOTOS: France's front-line volunteers brave virus risks
PARIS (AP) — They don't have to put themselves in harm's way, but the volunteers of France's well-known Civil Protection service have chosen the front line in the fight against the coronavirus. They are often the first to knock on the doors of people calling for help, and who may have the infection or whose confirmed case has taken a downturn.