Illustration by Jean Castex in Matignon. - AFP

Do everything to avoid re-containment. While traveling to the Montpellier University Hospital, Prime Minister Jean Castex made several announcements relating to the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. The tenant of Matignon has indicated that the ban on events bringing together more than 5,000 people will be extended until October 30.

The new head of government also let it be known that he would ask the prefects "to extend as much as possible the obligation to wear a mask" in public. "If we do not react collectively, we expose ourselves to a high risk of epidemic resumption", he warned while several worrying signals are emerging in Europe, in Spain in particular. "We must therefore react individually and collectively and we must react vigorously", he added during his speech.

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- Government (@gouvernementFR) August 11, 2020

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