An elderly couple hand in hand in Paris, April 14, 2020. - Mathieu Cellard / SIPA

Monday during his televised address, Emmanuel Macron announced the gradual deconfinement after May 11 before adding: "For their protection, we will ask the most vulnerable, the elderly, those with severe disabilities, people with chronic diseases, to remain, even after May 11, confined, at least initially. "

This Friday, the Head of State indicated that he "does not wish to discriminate" of the elderly in the context of the progressive deconfinement after May 11 and "will appeal to the individual responsibility" of each. According to the Elysee Palace, the President of the Republic wished to make this clarification by seeing "mounting the debate on the situation of our elders, after the declarations of Professor Jean-François Delfraissy". He said Wednesday in the Senate that "for people of a certain age, 65 or 70, [...] we will continue confinement".

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  • Covid 19
  • Coronavirus
  • Containment
  • Society
  • Emmanuel Macron
  • The elderly