France is now confined for a period of four weeks, at a minimum, in order to limit the spread of the second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Mask compulsory from CP, teleworking, new derogatory certificates: Prime Minister Jean Castex has detailed the terms.

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While the latest report from Public Health France reports 36,020 deaths since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic, including 250 in the past 24 hours, the country has been confined again since midnight.

A seal in the hope of limiting the effects of a second wave "more deadly" explained Jean Castex.

Derogatory certificates, teleworking, tolerance until Sunday for the return of the All Saints holidays: the Prime Minister detailed on Thursday evening the modalities of this new confinement.

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Information to remember

  • France is confined again until December 1, minimum

  • Teleworking is compulsory, the mask also from 6 years old

  • 36,020 dead since the start of the epidemic, 250 in 24 hours

  • Record in the United States with 90,000 contaminations in 24 hours

France confined

Since midnight Friday, France has been confined again until December 1, "a minimum".

In the overseas territories, only Martinique is affected by these restrictive measures intended to limit the spread of the second wave of the "deadliest" epidemic, according to Prime Minister Jean Castex.

According to the latter, “there is no“ other solution. ”If the Head of State mentioned in his speech a period of confinement of four weeks, it could in fact last between eight and twelve weeks, that is to say up to at the end of January in the worst case, according to information from Europe 1. The President of the Republic did not mention this scenario during his televised address, followed by 33 million spectators. 

According to an Odoxa-Dentsu Consulting survey for

France Info and Le Figaro

, seven out of 10 French people are in favor of reconfinement.

However, several demonstrations of a few dozen people took place in Paris and several cities to protest against the confinement.

Fairgrounds also organizing snail operations in several regions. 

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The approach to containment has also sparked a real exodus on the roads of Ile-de-France, where more than 700 km of cumulative traffic jams were recorded at the end of the day, after already a peak of some 400 km the day before. , according to the road information site Sytadin.

New modalities

Compulsory teleworking, mask from CP at school: Jean Castex accompanied by several ministers detailed the terms of this new confinement Thursday evening.

As in March-April, exemptions will be possible for shopping, going to the doctor ... but also taking the air for "one hour maximum" and in "a radius of one kilometer from the home".

Parks, gardens, forests and beaches will be open.

The fine will still cost 135 euros, but to make things easier, "permanent certificates" will this time be issued by companies and schools.

Find more information in this article. 

Several major changes have been put in place compared to the confinement in March: schools, colleges, high schools and extracurricular centers will remain open with a reinforced health protocol, work can continue, nursing homes and retirement homes can be visited.

But extra-curricular activities for children, such as sports and music, will be stopped.

Find all the measures announced by the government in this article. 

For workers, "recourse to teleworking must be as massive as possible" during confinement, and instituted "" five days out of five "according to Jean Castex. This is" not an option ", but an" obligation ", a insisted the Minister of Labor Elisabeth Borne.

Tolerance for All Saints' Day

All gatherings are prohibited, however places of worship remain open.

Ceremonies are however prohibited, except burial (limited to 30 people) and marriage (limited to six people).

With the approach of the feast of All Saints, "a tolerance will be applied for the ceremonies planned this weekend, as well as for the movements in the cemeteries and the shops of flowers", specified the head of government, Jean Castex. 

Ditto for vacation returns.

Until Sunday, a sworn certificate will allow the French to return to their homes. 

The 36,000 dead mark crossed

The results of the coronavirus epidemic in France show 36,020 deaths as a result of infection with the coronavirus, including 250 in the last 24 hours, according to official data published by Public Health France.

24,659 deaths took place in hospital and 11,361 in nursing homes and medico-social establishments, the data of which are not updated every day.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care or intensive care reached 3,147, with 395 new admissions since the day before and 2,278 over the last seven days.

Taking into account the discharges, the number of Covid-19 patients currently in intensive care has increased by 102 in the past 24 hours.

The number of resuscitation beds, already raised from 5,100 to 5,800 after the first epidemic wave, rose to 6,400 at the start of the week and should soon exceed 7,000, according to the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.

He called on all hospitals to activate the "white plan" to "free up" beds. 

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47,637 new positive cases have been recorded since Wednesday, and the positivity rate increases sharply to 19.4%, against 18.6% the day before and only 4.5% in early September.

90,000 new contaminations in the United States

The situation also continues to get carried away in the United States, in the midst of the electoral campaign.

The world's leading power on Thursday recorded a new record of Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, crossing for the first time the barrier of 90,000 new contaminations, according to a count from Johns Hopkins University.

On the same day, precisely 91,290 people were infected, while 1,021 died from Covid-19 in the United States.

Currently, the most difficult situation concerns the northern United States and the Midwest.

Five days before the presidential election, Democratic candidate Joe Biden has made the management of the health crisis his main angle of attack against Donald Trump.

The United States recorded a return to economic growth in the third quarter on Thursday but remains the country in the world most seriously affected by the virus, with 228,625 deaths since the start of the pandemic, followed by Brazil (158,969), the United States. India (120,527) and Mexico (90,309).