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THE ESSENTIAL

  • Emmanuel Macron announced in a televised address Wednesday evening a national re-containment from Friday, to stem the Covid-19 epidemic, the second wave of which is currently raging in France.

    It should last at least until December 1.

  • The new restrictions are due to be put to a vote in parliament on Thursday.

    The Prime Minister will take the floor to clarify the announcements made by the president, first before the National Assembly and then before the Senate in the afternoon.

  • Three major changes distinguish this confinement from the one we experienced in the spring: schools, colleges and high schools will remain open, work can continue and nursing homes and retirement homes can be visited.

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THE VIDEO

8:27 am: The situation in hospitals will be "extremely difficult", warns the Scientific Council

"We are going to have 15 days to three weeks extremely difficult for the health care system, it will be true in several regions of France, we had planned it at the level of the scientific council for several weeks now", declared Professor Delfraissy, president of the Scientific Council, on France Inter.

A tense situation linked in particular to several factors, including the fact that the epidemic this time affects "the entire territory", and that hospitals must continue to take care of people suffering from urgent pathologies other than Covid-19, he explained.

According to him, the reconfinement was a decision "adapted" to the situation.

The most likely scenario is that this confinement, announced until at least December 1, ends with a curfew that would remain in place during the holiday season, he believes.

8:25 am: Small reminder of the principle of this (re) confinement

Until December 1 “at a minimum”, “you will be able to leave your home only to work, to go to a medical appointment, to assist a loved one, to do your essential shopping or to take the air near your home. », Detailed Emmanuel Macron by announcing the return of the certificate.

Schools, colleges and high schools will remain open.

At university, online courses will be preferred.

The device will be reassessed "every two weeks" but, wanting to show a little optimism, Emmanuel Macron brandished "the hope of celebrating Christmas and the end of year holidays with the family".

Hello everyone and welcome to this live!

This Thursday, we are following the news related to the new confinement announced Wednesday evening by Emmanuel Macron.

The program is loaded: the measures must be presented and detailed to Parliament in the afternoon by Prime Minister Jean Castex, before being submitted to a (non-binding) vote of deputies and senators.

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