Edouard Philippe, April 7, 2020 at the National Assembly. - AFP

Edouard Philippe affirmed this Tuesday at the National assembly that the confinement to fight against the propagation of the coronavirus would "last", judging "very largely premature" any question on the conditions of the deconfinement.

"Today is the time for containment and the time for containment will last," said the Prime Minister during questions to the government. The head of government responded to the deputies as France enters its fourth week of confinement, fixed until April 15 for the moment.

Containment, to avoid the "worst"

"It is quite difficult for many French people to bear, I am perfectly aware of this, but it is essential if we do not want to find ourselves in a situation that would be worse than the one we know today" , he continued.

"Today, the imperative is to ensure that containment works, that the virus circulates slowly enough so that the number of severe cases which justify admission to intensive care units does not exceed global capacities of our hospital system, ”he argued in response to a question on deconfinement.

" We prepare ourselves. Getting ready doesn't mean it's ready. It means preparing technically, scientifically, logistically, to be ready when the time comes, "continued the Prime Minister. The questions on deconfinement "are very largely premature," he said. "We will discuss the essential elements when the hypotheses on which we are working will be verified, the scenarios will be written".

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