Are you coming for vacation ? Difficult not to (ab) use this question reference to the song of David and Jonathan at the approach of the long summer break. Despite the health and economic crisis linked to the new coronavirus pandemic, the French remain very attached to this time of year. According to a recent HomeExchange-Happydemics survey (published in May), 49% indeed plan to make the trunk in July-August, 76% staying in the country. A country that is not limited to the metropolis, thank you overseas!
Moreover, "in order to promote the reopening" of these territories, their "resumption of economic activity" as well as the reunification of families, the government, on the initiative of the Minister of Overseas, Annick Girardin, put in places on June 9 “an adapted health protocol”. Travelers from mainland France and bound for the territories of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy and La Réunion must in fact carry out, during the seventy-two hours preceding the flight, a virological test (RT-PCR) to detect new coronavirus. If it proves positive, the traveler will not be able to board *.
But is showing your white leg mandatory for ultramarines wishing to go to metropolitan France? And, above all, can ultramarines jump the sea? This is what this reader asked us:
“My grandchildren must come to my house at the end of June. They currently live in Guyana, in Matoury. Are trips to the metropolis authorized? »Donniou
Here are the answers we found:
Quarantine. Donniou's question is relevant in more ways than one. First of all, because you have to know that the ultramarins were hot, reminds us of La 1ère. At the beginning of May, in the bill presented by the government as part of the extension of the state of health emergency (at least until July 24), it was planned quarantine for people who arrive in mainland France overseas. Against the advice of the government, the senators nevertheless adopted an amendment asking for the removal of this quarantine.
“Nothing seems to justify that the other overseas territories should be subject to differential treatment. In addition, the expression "hexagonal territory" does not refer to any precise legal concept ", was it justified by the drafters of the amendment. However, people wishing to go overseas must follow the health protocol mentioned above.
The epidemic situation. Another point to emphasize, during his last speech on Sunday, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, announced that, as of Monday, "the whole territory, except Mayotte and Guyana where the virus is still actively circulating , will pass into the green zone ".
🔴 Wednesday June 17: 2,345 cases # COVID19 in #Mayotte
🏥 40 patients hospitalized at the CHM including 10 in intensive care
✅ 2,066 people cured
ℹ More info: https://t.co/VM7hRBAXYT#restonsprudents #sauvezdesvies pic.twitter. com / X6J9SvgeQ6
# COVID19 #CelluleDeCrise
ℹ📝 CovidInfo of June 17
➡️133 new cases out of 457 tests performed.
📍5 Apatou
📍102 Cayenne Island
📍2 Grand-Santi
📍15 Kourou
📍4 Macouria
📍1 Mana
📍2 Montsinery
📍1 SGO
📍1 SLM
👋🧼💧😷 Respect and apply barrier measures and gestures. pic.twitter.com/R3HgXinTCq
On Wednesday, in the first department, more than 2,300 cases were recorded (+12 cases in 24 hours, 40 hospitalizations including 10 in intensive care, and 29 deaths). In the second, there were 1,554 cases (+133 in twenty-four hours), 78 hospitalized patients and 11 in intensive care, 5 deaths. If the situation seems to mark time in Mayotte (passed in stage 3 on April 30), it requires to "remain vigilant" in Guyana, insisted the Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, on June 9.
Close to Brazil (second most affected country in the world after the United States with 46,510 deaths estimated Wednesday), the department has not succeeded in its deconfinement, started on May 11, as in mainland France. The epidemic picked up again, shifting the territory to stage 3 on Monday and pushing the authorities to postpone the second round of the municipal elections. The prefecture has also taken certain measures to limit the spread of the virus, such as the implementation of a curfew in several municipalities.
# COVID19 #Guyane ⛔
Travel restrictions in effect 👇 pic.twitter.com/JoYELAaH5a
Finally, Wednesday evening, the National Assembly voted in favor of extending the state of health emergency in Guyana and Mayotte until "October 30 inclusive".
Limited travel. Suffice to say that the free movement of people is not for tomorrow in Guyana. In its own territory and towards the metropolis. Contacted this Thursday, the prefecture confirmed to us that “only travel for imperative reasons [personal or family; emergency health; professional cannot be deferred] are currently authorized for Guyanese, and until further notice ”. Travel to be carried out always with a certificate.
So, to answer Donniou, his grandchildren do not have a great chance of coming to France this summer.
* On their arrival in the territories concerned, those who present a negative test "will benefit from an accelerated treatment procedure at the airport and will carry out seven days of quarantine", instead of fourteen, followed by a new virological test. If this test turns out to be negative again, they "will be able to leave their home", with the wearing of a mask and strict application of social distancing measures, "and this for a week", while also abstaining "from participating in gatherings ”and avoiding contact with people at risk.
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