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Two months that their school bag had not left home because of the coronavirus crisis: Tuesday, just under a million primary school children will find their way to school. An extremely delicate comeback for this second day of the deconfinement of the French population; Monday, on the other hand, went well overall, apart from a few hiccups in rush hour transport and on the banks of the Saint-Martin canal in Paris. Follow the situation live.
The main information to remember:
- One million students return to school on Tuesday
- Second day of deconfinement, after snags on Monday
- The use of public transport will be scrutinized
- Over 280,000 dead worldwide
One million students for a new school year
One million schoolchildren are expected to be received in schools from Tuesday. According to the Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer, guest of Europe 1 Monday, "by the end of May, the objective is that all students are at some point returned to school", with priority for the major sections, CP and CM2 as well as students with disabilities or at risk of dropping out of school.
The French now deconfigured ... and responsible?
After a hiccup on the promulgation of the state of health emergency, it is now imposed on the French to fill out a certificate if they want to travel more than 100 km. Ile-de-France residents must also have an employer certificate if they want to travel by public transport between 6.30 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. and between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
But if they are now a little freer, will the French be responsible for repelling a second wave of the epidemic? Monday evening, the police evacuated the banks of the Saint-Martin canal, taken by storm by Parisians to "celebrate" the deconfinement. The sale and consumption of alcohol are now prohibited.
An even better situation in transport?
Second day of face-to-face work for hundreds of thousands of employees, and second day under tension: Monday, the day went by and large, well, noted the RATP and the SNCF, while the Unsa- RATP, the union's first management union, "sounded the alarm bell with solemnity". The union is concerned about "excessive crowds" on certain lines, notably line 13 of the metro and RER B, during the first rush hour of the morning.
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The SNCF also noted a significant frequentation on these lines, Monday. To avoid crowded trains, Tuesday, the group promised to adapt its operation for Tuesday and the following days.
New drop in resuscitation in France
The daily death toll increased Monday evening by 263 dead, compared to 70 Sunday, and 306 last Monday. This is often the case on Monday, after a more exhaustive update of the weekend data.
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The total toll amounts to at least 26,643 deaths, while the pressure on hospital emergency services is still being reduced: "2,712 patients suffering from a severe form of Covid-19 are hospitalized in intensive care", specifies the General Direction health in its press release, a balance of 64 fewer seriously ill. The French army, which has started to dismantle the field hospital deployed in Mulhouse, will deploy ten resuscitation beds in Mayotte.
In addition, the situation remains extremely tense in the Ile-de-France departments, especially in Seine-Saint-Denis, where the excess mortality jumped 118% between March 1 and April 10, according to a study published Monday by the Regional Health Observatory. Ile-de-France.
Over 80,000 dead in the United States
The coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 283,978 people worldwide since its onset in December in China. The United States is the most affected country in terms of both death and case numbers, with more than 80,000 deaths. At least 216,169 people were declared cured. After the United States, the most affected countries are the United Kingdom with 32,065 deaths for 223,060 cases, Italy with 30,739 deaths (219,814 cases), Spain with 26,744 deaths (227,436 cases), and France with 26,643 dead (177,423 cases).
Hubei province, the cradle of the pandemic, detected five new cases of infection on Monday, the day after the announcement of the first infection in more than a month. These figures remain modest and no new deaths linked to the coronavirus have been reported in mainland China for nearly a month. In Italy, on the other hand, there were less than 1,000 patients in intensive care on Monday, exactly 999, a first since March 10, the day after the decision to confine the population.