By Nicolas gosselin
Published on 18 Mar 21 @ 7:46 pm
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No confinement in Bordeaux and one curfew extended to 7 p.m. (instead of 6 p.m.), this is what to remember aboutspeech by Jean Castex this Thursday, March 18, 2021.
The Gironde escapes the confinement announced by the Prime Minister in 16 departments of France (the eight departments of Île-de-France, five departments of Hauts-de France, Alpes-Maritimes, Seine-Maritime and Eure ) for “at least four weeks” and effective from this Friday evening.
The progression of the epidemic is also accelerating in Gironde
It must be said that the incidence rate is relatively low in Gironde with 157 new cases per week / 100,000 inhabitants on March 18, against more than 400 in Ile-de-France.
However, the progression of the epidemic has also accelerated in the Gironde department since March 10 and it has gone from 113 to 157 in one week. Moreover, since March 16, the heightened alert threshold has been crossed again in Gironde.
A curfew at 7 p.m. introduced on Saturday
Regarding the curfew will be pushed back to 7 p.m. throughout France including the Gironde, instead of 6 p.m., announces Jean Castex, specifying that it is a device linked to the imminent arrival of the hour. summer.
A measure which “will apply from Saturday and will concern all the departments and not only those subject to reinforced measures”.
Patrick Bobet, the former president of the Métropole de Bordeaux, was heard. He called for this measure on March 17 on France Blue Gironde :
The figures for the Bordeaux metropolis are pretty good. Let’s take advantage of the arrival of sunny days and the change to summer time. On March 28, at 6 p.m., it will be 5 p.m. The virus is not going to change the time. Switching to a 7 p.m. curfew would be a good thing for traders, families and associations.
The mayor of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic, had also been in favor of pushing back the curfew for several weeks. He even suggested setting it at 8 p.m.
The ban on alcohol consumption on the quays of Bordeaux extended
The Prime Minister is accompanying this easing measure by an invitation to be vigilant in the face of various gatherings, which can become places of contamination.
Moreover, in this regard, the prefecture extended by two weeks its order prohibiting alcohol consumption on the quays of Bordeaux, in the parks and the city center, that is to say until the beginning of the month of ‘April.
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