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It is the start of the second phase of deconfinement: the Prime Minister announces Thursday at 5 p.m. new lifting of restrictions for Tuesday, June 2. His speech is particularly expected from several sectors, such as professionals in the teaching and hotel and catering industries.
The same day, Pôle Emploi announced an exceptional rise in unemployment by 22.6% in April, or 843,000 more people in category A. On the health front, the Parliament adopted the TrackCovid tracking application on Wednesday, while the he coronavirus epidemic has killed 28,596 people in France, and more than 355,000 dead worldwide. Follow the situation live.
The main information to remember:
- Édouard Philippe speaks on the second phase of deconfinement at 5 p.m.
- Parks and gardens to reopen on June 2 in Paris
- Deputies and senators validated the StopCovid tracking application on Wednesday
- 28,596 people have died since the start of the epidemic in France
Edouard Philippe speaks on the "second phase"
Middle school and high school students, restaurateurs, vacationers ... France is suspended from government announcements on Act II of deconfinement, expected Thursday afternoon at 5 p.m. In an improved health context since the start of the unlocking on May 11, and faced with a tense economic situation, the executive is preparing to "loosen the noose a little more", according to a member of the government. We tell you the challenges of this speech in this article.
Ile-de-France in green?
Four regions are always in red: Hauts-de-France, Grand Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Île-de-France. And on the regional scale of the classic card, only the latter could remain in red, because of its 7,000 hospitalized patients, more than 600 of whom are still in intensive care. Valérie Pécresse, President of the Region, reacts on Europe 1.
"I believe that the deconfinement, the transition to green, is ardently desired by all Ile-de-France residents, myself I ardently wish it. But I also know that there are still hotbeds of contamination in the Region, so I await the verdict health authorities, "she explains.
Parisian parks and gardens will reopen on June 2
Before the speech of Edouard Philippe, the mayor of Paris announced in the day of Thursday the reopening of the parks and gardens of the capital, by posting on its website the opening hours from June 2. Anne Hidalgo and the Parisian executive have been asking for this reopening for several weeks in order to increase the outdoor space for the population.
Unemployment up 22% in April
Category A unemployment experienced an exceptional increase of 22.6% (+843,000) in April according to Pôle Emploi. This was "the largest monthly increase ever recorded" since the creation of statistics in 1996. Unemployment crossed the six million mark for the first time at 6.064 million.
This increase is explained to three quarters by the transfer of job seekers previously registered in reduced activity (B and C), announced Pôle Emploi Thursday. March had already been disastrous with 246,000 additional job seekers in category A, an increase of + 7.1%. More information here.
Parliament gives green light to StopCovid
Deputies and senators debated on Wednesday the StopCovid application, wanted by the government to allow the tracing of contacts to fight against the coronavirus. The National Assembly and the Senate adopted this tracing. After the green light from the Cnil, Tuesday, the Secretary of State for Digital Cédric O came to Europe 1, Wednesday morning, to detail the operation of this application on which the French are divided: "We do not use the geolocation, "he said, for example. Here are the main points of his statements.
Before that, Europe 1 was able to test the tracing application in preview, and we explain everything there is to know in this article.
No sign of rebound in the epidemic in France
The latest human assessment of the coronavirus epidemic, released Wednesday evening by the Directorate General of Health, reports 28,596 deaths since March 1. This figure includes deaths in hospitals (18,260, +65) and those in medico-social establishments, including the nursing homes (the latest assessment shows 10,335 deaths).
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The decline in the number of patients hospitalized in intensive care continued on Monday, with 1,501 patients, or 54 less in 24 hours. 15,680 people are hospitalized for a coronavirus infection, against 17,941 last Wednesday, or 2,000 fewer people in hospitals in a week.
Over 350,000 dead worldwide, 100,000 in the United States
The pandemic of the new coronavirus has killed at least 355,736 people worldwide since its appearance in December in China, according to a report established by AFP. The United States, which recorded its first death linked to the coronavirus in early February, is the country most affected with more than 100,000 deaths.
More than 5,705,890 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed in 196 countries and territories since the start of the epidemic, of which at least 2,280,300 are now considered cured.