“We are going to propose an extension of the curfew, which instead of starting at 8 pm, will start at 6 pm in all the territories in which it will prove necessary”, a said the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, on the set of France 2 Tuesday evening, in order to prevent a new wave of the epidemic of Covid-19.
The territories concerned by “These measures applicable from January 2” are “Departments, metropolises […], in which the incidence rate would be above the maximum alert threshold “.
According to Olivier Véran, “The situation is more problematic in four regions: that is to say the Grand Est, Bourgogne Franche-Comté, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, and the Alpes-Maritimes department in the PACA region”. “There are significant territorial disparities, with a sort of gradient, with the West of France which is less affected, and the East of France which is more affected”, he summed up.
20 departments targeted
In total, 20 departments would be targeted, from the Ardennes to the Alpes-Maritimes, via the Allier or the Haut-Rhin.
GREAT EAST. Ardennes, Aube, Marne, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Haut-Rhin and Vosges.
BOURGOGNE-FRANCHE-COMTE. Doubs, Jura, Nièvre, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, Yonne and Territoire de Belfort
AUVERGNE-RHONE-ALPES. Allier and Ardèche
PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D’AZUR. Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-Maritimes
Late measurement?
On Tuesday, 11,395 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were recorded, far from the government target of going down to 5,000. And the number of deaths has crossed the 64,000 mark since the start of the epidemic. After the shuffling of the population during the Christmas holidays, health professionals want strict measures to prevent an explosion of the epidemic in January.
For its part, the town hall of Nancy, whose mayor PS, Mathieu Klein had spoken in recent days in favor of local re-containment, believes in a press release that “The curfew is a late measure, which may prove to be insufficient”.
It is also the opinion of the Scientific Council given to the government on December 23, and made public Tuesday evening, which recommends going quickly because of a « probable » reprise “Uncontrolled epidemic” due to “Increased contamination” caused by the end of year celebrations.
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