Emmanuel Macron went to the hospital and Pontoise on Friday to show his support for the nursing staff.

At the microphone of Europe 1 on Saturday, the resuscitator Arnaud Chiche nevertheless vehemently criticized the government's action, according to him too late and often clumsy.

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Contamination figures continue to grow worryingly in France, to the point that the country surpassed the mark of one million cases of Covid-19 on Friday.

In addition, 15% of the tests performed come back positive, against only 4% last month.

While the curfew has been extended to apply to 54 departments, the resuscitator Arnaud Chiche denounces a late act: "The curfew should have been introduced longer ago. This government is in late, he does not work ", he apologized at the microphone of Europe 1.

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Arnaud Chiche goes so far as to compare the government to a poorly disciplined "child": "He tries to compensate in the end and does anything. There are things that are done, but everything is done in spite of the good meaning."

According to the resuscitator, some areas were already showing signs of an epidemic outbreak long before the curfew was declared there.

This is particularly the case for Île-de-France and Hauts-de-France.

"We could have increased the reception capacity in intensive care"

At a time when some hospitals are reaching saturation point and when the first transfers of patients between regions are being organized, Arnaud Chiche believes that the resuscitation forces could have been better distributed: "We could have deployed resuscitation teams almost everywhere, in units with beds to increase the capacity in intensive care. But obviously they did not work, so they did not think about it. "

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The doctor speaks especially of a virus brought to settle permanently in our daily life.

"It's never going to stop," he blurted out, not very optimistic.

"There is going to be a crisis 3, 4, 5, etc."

He now calls on the political class to invest massively in health.

Otherwise, he predicts that the population will have to live "at the rate of curfews and confinements".