The government wishes to advance the curfew in “eight” new departments, announced Saturday at midday the Prime Minister Jean Castex, defending “Difficult but necessary measures”. He did not explicitly name the departments.
After the Bas-Rhin, the curfew is brought forward to 6 p.m. from Sunday in Cher, Allier, Côte-d’Or and Haut-Rhin, the prefectures concerned announced on Saturday.
These departments join the fifteen, mainly in eastern France already subject to this measure for a week.
“The decision was inevitable in Dijon, the third city most affected in France by the Covid-19, after Nice and Nancy. But I regret that this reinforced curfew applies to the entire Côte d’Or department because rural areas are much less affected by the virus », Declared on Twitter the president of the departmental council, François Sauvadet.
The decision was inescapable to #Dijon 3rd most impacted city in France by the #COVID19, after Nice and Nancy. But I regret that this # CouvreFeu18h reinforced applies to all #Department from #CôtedOr because rural areas are much less affected by the virus.
– François SAUVADET (@sauvadet) January 9, 2021
Other departments are expected to switch to an advanced curfew. Among them, the Bouches-du-Rhône, where local elected officials are up against this measure, Vaucluse, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. All exceed or approach an incidence rate of 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Haute-Savoie has kept it at 8 p.m.
Bronca expected in Marseille
In Marseille, the town hall, on the left, and the region, on the right, denounced with one voice the measure, which, according to them, has not proved its effectiveness. Friday, “There was a consultation meeting with local elected officials and the prefect is still in the consultation phase. He gave feedback to the Prime Minister », Indicated the prefecture.
“In reality, we apply in Marseille the same criteria that we apply elsewhere, insisted Jean Castex, traveling this Saturday in Tarbes. Everyone is aware that the epidemic is not weakening or that, on the contrary, it is increasing differently in certain areas of the territory ”.
Without saying the word “reconfinement”, and while warning that schools should only close in case of a situation. « very serious “, Prime Minister Jean Castex had not excluded, during Thursday’s press conference, to go even further and take “Additional national measures”.
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