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LIVE – Coronavirus: “I do not support the absolute closing of borders”, explains Christian Jacob (LR)

SAINT-PIERRE AND MIQUELON: BEGINNING OF THE CONONFINEMENT MONDAY

The 6,000 inhabitants of the archipelago of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon will be able to get out of confinement from Monday but activity will only resume gradually depending on the sectors, announced on Saturday the Minister of Overseas Annick Girardin, in a press release . The two islands close to Canada have only recorded one confirmed case of contamination with the new coronavirus at this stage.

The derogatory forms to justify exits will disappear but the population is called to continue to respect barrier gestures, explained in the evening the prefect Thierry Devimeux, on the local television channel SPM the 1st. Work will resume in the vast majority of businesses and businesses, with the exception of bars, restaurants and nightclubs, knowing that for the latter, the situation will be studied “from May 15, to define an appropriate calendar”, a he clarified.

The administrations will also reopen but without reception of the public, whose modalities “remain to be considered”. For schools, it will be necessary to wait a few more days: the return of teachers will be on May 4. For kindergarten and elementary school students, it will be “probably” on May 5 and for secondary school students the next day.

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