The government decided on Saturday, during a Council of Ministers, the extension for two months, until July 24, of the state of health emergency in France to fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Came into force on March 24, the state of health emergency is extended because its lifting on May 23 "would be premature", "the risks of epidemic recovery" being "proven in the event of a sudden interruption of measures in progress", indicates the bill which will be examined from Monday by the Parliament.
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The fortnight and isolation may be compulsory in certain cases
The text, which includes seven articles, aims to "consolidate the legal framework" and "broaden it" to "integrate the issues of deconfinement", which is due to start on May 11, said Olivier Véran. Quarantine and isolation measures will only be mandatory for people arriving on national territory, he said. At one time, it was envisaged that this would also be the case for people tested positive and already in France. Finally, for the latter, "we trust the spirit of responsibility of the French," said Olivier Véran.
The bill which extends the state of health emergency until July 24 provides that "individual placement measures [for people coming from abroad therefore] are taken by the representative of the State, on the proposal of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and after medical observation of the infection of the person concerned ".
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"Several levels" of detection of sick people and "contact people"
The Minister of Health also clarified the implementation of the detection of sick people and "contact people". "First, the results of the positive tests will be collected by the laboratories. Then, [there will be] what is called level 1 tracing, which will be carried out by doctors, health professionals", explained Olivier Véran. These, formed into "health brigades", must in particular enter the data of "contact persons" so that they can be found.
"Level 2" will be organized by health insurance and "Level 3" by regional health agencies "as has been the case since the start of the epidemic," he said. The data collected by the health brigades will be "independent of the Stop-Covid application", also assured Olivier Véran
Wearing a mandatory mask in public transport
"Learning to live with the virus is the stake for the next few months," explained the Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, after the Council of Ministers which was held for more than two hours at the Elysium. "Wearing a mask will be compulsory in public transport," announced Christophe Castaner. Regarding the travel limit of 100 kilometers announced by Edouard Philippe Tuesday at the National Assembly, the minister wanted to be reassuring: "There is no prohibition on crossing very virtual administrative barriers", he said. he says, about trips covering several departments.
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The power to verbalize expanded
The list of people empowered to find violations of the rules of the state of health emergency will be expanded, continued the Minister of the Interior. "Thanks to this bill, the security assistants, the voluntary assistant gendarmes, the reservists of the police and the national gendarmerie as well as the sworn security agents in transport, but also the agents of the instruction services of the "The competition authority for businesses will be able to note the non-compliance with the rules of the state of health emergency and sanction it," explained Christophe Castaner.