A new health defense council is being held this Tuesday, while the coronavirus epidemic remains at a high level in France and the authorities fear a deterioration of the situation after the end of the year holidays. More restrictive measures could be considered.
A new health defense council is being held this Tuesday, while the coronavirus epidemic remains at a high level and France launched its vaccination campaign on Sunday, December 27.
Asked by the Sunday newspaper on the inevitability of a third confinement at the beginning of next year, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, replies: “We never exclude measures which may be necessary to protect populations.” The Minister of Health also warns that France cannot afford to “let the epidemic flare up again”. “We will take the necessary measures if the situation were to worsen,” he added.
Local confinements envisaged
More restrictive measures are already planned for certain regions or departments, local containments are perhaps considered with the return of certificates for exceptional travel.
For the moment, the option which seems the most considered would be tobring the curfew hours forward in certain geographical areas, even d” impose restrictions on the mixing of populations, as reported Europe 1.
On December 22, at the microphone of FranceInfo, Arnaud Robinet (LR), mayor of Reims, wanted “a reconfinement from the 25 or the 26 until the start of the school year, that is to say until January 3 or 4”, either by region or at national level.
A normal return to school?
The travel between regions should not be banned for the moment and the Back to School should proceed normally, for the moment nothing has been done.
It is in this very particular context that Emmanuel Macron will present his traditional wishes to the French on the occasion of the New Year on Thursday evening. The government awaits the January 7 to see the impact and consequences of the Christmas holidays and the easing of measures to make real decisions.
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