⁍ Hairdressers across France struggled to keep up with the constant stream of clients on Thursday, their last day of opening before a new lockdown goes into effect.

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⁍ The new lockdown, intended to curb surging corona virus infections in France, entails the closure of bars, restaurants and other businesses open to the public.

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⁍ During the new lockdown, people can go to work if their employer deems it impossible for them to do the job from home.

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– “You’d think Christmas had come early.” That’s what a hairdresser in Cambrai, France, tells Reuters after her salon was forced to close at 9pm Thursday due to a new lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of corona virus. Starting Oct. 30, bars, restaurants, and other businesses open to the public—including hair salons—will have to close, as will schools, President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday, per the BBC. Most schools will remain open. “It will be difficult for us,” says the hairdresser in Cambrai. “The Christmas season is very important for our earnings. We feel like we’re paying, like we’re being punished for the errors of others.”