During the Easter weekend which takes place in full confinement, 160,000 police and gendarmes ensure the application of strict confinement measures. By moving on motorcycles and using drones, they aim to detect the possible presence of walkers in the forests or on the beaches. At stations and on roads, vigilance is also maximum.
CORONAVIRUS ESSENTIALS
> How long are healthy carriers contagious?
> What are the side effects of chloroquine?
> Adulterated tests, false calls for donations ...: watch out for scams linked to the coronavirus
> Reading, board games ... How to stimulate your brain during confinement?
> How to avoid gaining pounds during confinement?
"Right now people are in good standing"
At the microphone of Europe 1, the commissioner Florent Ravel, chief of staff to the zonal management of the CRS in Marseille, takes stock of the situation in the middle of this weekend feared by the authorities. He wants to be reassuring. "For now, what we can see is that people are in good standing. They are rather disciplined and lend themselves well to checks," he said.
>> Watch Wendy Bouchard's Big Journal in replay and podcast here
"No relaxation"
But that doesn't mean you have to change your habits, he said. "The message is always the same: no relaxation, even if one is tempted with the arrival of good weather and holidays to want to join one's second home, go to the seaside or go for a walk in the forest", warns -he.
>> LIVE - Coronavirus: follow the evolution of the situation
To prevent these abuses, the police are mobilized in its sector. "We crisscross all of the motorways that allow us to get out of the city of Marseille. We hold all the tolls," he said. "You should know that the police services and the republican security companies on the highways will be present. They will ensure that the rules of containment are well respected."