7:18 am: A curfew in Guadeloupe and Martinique
A curfew, between 8 pm and 5 am, was introduced in Martinique and Guadeloupe Wednesday evening, to enforce containment measures, announced the prefects of the two departments. “The groupings at the end of the day worry me the most,” said Martinique Prefect Stanislas Cazelle, who also decided to “close all food businesses no later than 7:00 pm,” at a press conference.
With 128 cases confirmed on Monday evening, 15 people in intensive care and 3 deaths, Martinique is “hard hit” and “is experiencing an aggravation every day” of the health balance linked to the coronavirus, deplored the prefect. Guadeloupe, for its part, lists 125 confirmed cases on April 1, including 14 patients in intensive care and 6 deaths.
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