Emmanuel Macron, October 2, 2020 at Les Mureaux.

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THE ESSENTIAL

  • France is "in a second strong wave" of the Covid-19 epidemic and "there can no longer be any slackening", Prime Minister Jean Castex warned on Monday.

  • The latest figures still show an overall increase in the number of people in intensive care, with 1,633 patients for a current national capacity of around 5,000 beds.

  • Faced with the increase in cases, the president, who held a health defense council on Tuesday, could announce new restrictive measures.

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THE VIDEO

7:25 p.m .: The state of health emergency is restored in France, from October 17 due to the resurgence of the epidemic

The government just announced it a few minutes ago.

The state of emergency, which had been put in place during the first wave, finally ended on July 10.

Hello and welcome to this live consaré to Emmanuel Macron's speech on the coronavirus epidemic.

He is questioned at the Elysee Palace by Anne-Sophie Lapix (France 2) and Gilles Bouleau (TF1) at 19:55.

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