Jean Castex, the high official in charge of coordinating the deconfinement, insisted Wednesday on the progressive character of the exit of confinement and warned against the risk of "relapse" in the event of release in the respect of the rules of precaution. "I proposed that a possible restructuring plan also be ready," he added, without giving further details, during a hearing before the Senate law committee.
A “most transparent possible” assessment of this first stage will be made at the end of May. "At that time, we will say if we are going to a new phase of deconfinement," he explained. "If we don't do things well (...) we can shift into reverse, but we do everything so that we can shift into reverse," he warned. "We are on phase 1 of the deconfinement, it is still a period when we have to be very careful," he said.
A lamented relaxation
This first stage, from May 11 to June 2, "is the search for a balance between respect for the health doctrine and the requirements of the economic and social life of the country," he said. “We cannot do it again as before, not everyone can go everywhere in all circumstances. So you have to make choices, ”insisted Jean Castex. The behavior of the French "is the key to success", he underlined, deploring "a little relaxation" in the respect of the precautionary rules: "If it is prolonged in phase of confinement, if one does not respect not the basic rules, we risk relapse. "
Initially, transport will, according to him, the "most delicate" subject, especially in large communities and in particular in Ile-de-France. "The key word is progressiveness", with a staggered recovery of public transport. Gradual recovery also for schools, with "a very dynamic action" with families to try, to bring back as soon as possible the most dropout students. “The point is that the machine restarts. Should it restart on May 11th stack? No, it is not possible, "he said.
Prefects and prefects on the front line
On protective masks, "we will put ourselves in a condition" to provide them to schools for students aged 6 to 12, for whom the wearing of the mask is recommended, he stressed. "Significant change" must also occur in terms of testing, with systematic screening of people who will experience symptoms of the disease. "Around 700,000 tests" will be required per week, he said.
The prefects and prefects of the department will be the "privileged actors" of the implementation of the system, in cooperation with the mayors or associations. "We need to bring implementation to the ground as close as possible, but with a clear, legible and unique chain of command," he said. Asked about the limitation of travel after May 11, Jean Castex stressed the objective of avoiding massive transfers from one region to another.
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